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Deep River by Shusaku Endo
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In this moving novel, a group of Japanese tourists, each of whom is wrestling with his or her own demons, travels to the River Ganges on a pilgrimage of grace.
Silence by Shusaku Endo
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With an introduction by Martin Scorsese: 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere . . . Flawless' - David Mitchell Father Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Chr ...Show more
Silence by Shusaku Endo; William Johnston (Translator)
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A young Portuguese Jesuit, Sebastiao Rodrigues (based on the historical figure, Guiseppe Chiara), is sent to Japan to succor the local church and investigate reports that his mentor, Father Cristovao Ferreira, has committed apostasy. (ferreira is a historical figure who apostatized after torture and lat ...Show more
Silence by Shusaku Endo
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Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times, soon to be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver "Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."-The New York Review of BooksSeventeenth-century Japan: ...Show more
The Samurai by Shusaku Endo; Van C. Gessel (Translator)
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In the 17th century, Hasekura and three other low-level samurai are sent to seek trade with Nueva Espa a (today's Mexico). Accompanied by Father Velasco, a Franciscan missionary and interpreter, they pursue their mission from Nueva Espa a to Spain. Along the way, they endure not only the hardships of th ...Show more
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