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 enlarge | Author: Arthur Rosenfeld
Publisher: YMAA Publication Center
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  35 reviews
Sales Rank: 230616
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 306
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.1 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594390827
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781594390821
ASIN: 1594390827
Publication Date: June 25, 2007
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 Drop the Kata handbook and have some fun.... June 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a martial artist of many years most of the books I pick out are the ones that show techniques etc. For a bit of fun I decided to read a novel about a martial artist. Once I started reading I was hooked right away. The mixture of murder, mystery, ancient chinese rituals, blades .. oh yes wonderful blades .. good v bad and brain surgery. Wait a second brain surgery!! Yes, quite a facinating subject requires the skill, patience and dexterity of a trained martial artist. Rosenfeld actually puts you inside the mind of a martial artist which is quite facinating and sometimes disturbing but always exciting. Pick this book up, relax and enjoy the ride. I'm off to find some more of his novels...
Bill
 Renegade Robin Hook With a Sword April 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mafia intrigue-meets-Precognition and Presentiment-meets-Martial Arts-
meets-vigilantism. Let's just say that Xenon Pearl isn't your standard issue renegade brain surgeon and mystic.
This book is literary smorgasbord and a feast for the imagination. At first I did not believe this was "THE book for me," but those doubts soon faded several chapters deep. Right from the first chapter, I was curious about this "Ze," and more curious about what type of parent would name their child after a noble gas--but that is merely a literary tool to set Xenon Pearl apart from the norm right at the outset, and perhaps a bit contrived, alluding to Ze's noble raison d'etre as "righter of wrongs" in later chapters.
Mr. Rosenfeld writes with aplomb of the mental fortitude and physical stamina expected of a surgeon. Before I realized it, I was sucked into the secret life of Xenon Pearl, who I envision to be part Sonny Barger (a former Hell's Angel), part Taoist mystic, and part Robin Hood--something otherworldly and somewhat outside the definition of a mere mortal; however mortal, the lesson of "power corrupts" is woven throughout the later chapters as Ze believes in the warrior he has allowed himself to become, setting the stage (perhaps one day in a later novel) for a fall, as is wont to happen to individuals who believe they are outside of the standard and accepted codes and precepts in society--or worse--creating their own codes, of which no one can ever abide.
I look forward to the next in the series.
Riveting from beginning to end March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is action packed. If you like fast moving action packed fiction, you will love this book.
The Cutting Season by Arthur Rosenfeld is a thriller from the beginning to the end. Dr. Pearl's quest to solve a child abuse case of a Russian boy who died during surgery, or so the parents claimed. The author uses this situation as a basis for Dr. Pearl's exploits throughout the book. I found The Cutting Season to be riveting from beginning to end. Factual information regarding martial arts skills, Chinese diet, techniques pertaining to usage and making of the weapons, and the Chinese cultural aspect of weapon usage is interesting. The way Dr. Pearl's past is woven throughout the concept of reincarnation and is kept alive by his "teacher" who keeps appearing and makes him question his destiny. She was killed by the Russian mob Characters and situations are intrinsically linked to the develolpment of the story plot and events move smoothly.
Classic "good versus evil" March 12, 2008
A friend of mine recommended, The Cutting Season, by Arthur Rosenfeld. She said that it was the proverbial "page-turner." She was right. The book is a fast-paced, well written story that captured my imagination from the first to the last page.
The novel is classic "good versus evil" story. Dr. Xenon Pearl is a neurosurgeon who was tutored in the martial arts and Chinese medicine by a mysterious Chinese nanny. His sense of justice causes him to occasionally exchange his scalpel for a sword. He uses the sword to avenge injustice and to make some interesting friends along the way.
This story is perfect for an engaging action movie. Yet, in the midst of telling a gripping story, Rosenfeld also gives his audience a glimpse into the culture of the martial arts and oriental theology. He demonstrates an unusual familiarity with anatomy and physiology, along with a fine knowledge of sword-making.
As an avid reader of spy novels and crime fiction, I can rank The Cutting Season among my favorites.
The Cutting Season February 29, 2008
The Cutting Season held my attention and gave a great deal of information that was interesting regarding swords. Fascinating tale of trying to right the wrongs.
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