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The Samurai

The Samurai - Paperback

by Shusaku Endo
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Availability:In StockContributor:Shusaku Endo, Van C. Gessel (Translator)Publish date:2018-08-28Pages:272
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811227902ISBN-10:811227901UPC:9780811227902Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, Cultural HeritageSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCEA7TW746
In 1613, four low-ranking Japanese samurai, accompanied by a Spanish priest, set sail for Mexico to bargain for trading rights with the West in exchange for a Catholic crusade through Japan. Their arduous journey lasts four years, as they travel onward to Mexico then Rome, where they are persuaded that the success of their mission depends on their conversion to Christianity. In fact, the enterprise seems to have been futile from the start: the mission returns to Japan to find that the political tides have shifted. The authorities are now pursuing an isolationist policy and a ruthless stamping out of Western influences. In the face of disillusionment and death, the samurai can only find solace in a savior they're not sure they believe in.
Language:EnglishPublisher:New Directions Publishing CorporationISBN-13:9780811227902ISBN-10:811227901UPC:9780811227902Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, Literary, Cultural HeritageSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.6614Product ID:SCEA7TW746
Endo, Shusaku: - Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is widely regarded as one of the most important Japanese authors of the late twentieth century. He won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novel Silence was recently made into a major film directed by Martin Scorsese.Gessel, Van C.: - Van C. Gessel is a professor of Japanese at Brigham Young University, and has a Ph.D. in Japanese literature from Columbia University. After joining the Church of Latter-day Saints in 1968, Gessel served as a missionary to Japan from 1970-71. He was given a lifetime achievement award from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture of Columbia University for his translations of modern Japanese fiction.
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

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