Five by Endo: (New Directions Bibelots)

Five by Endo: (New Directions Bibelots)

Five wonderful stories by the Japanese master. Winner of every major Japanese literary prize, his work translated around the globe, Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is a great and unique figure in the literature of the twentient century. "Irrevocably enmeshed in Japanese culture, he is by virtue of his religion [Endo was Roman Catholic] irrevocably alienated from it" (Geoffrey O'Brian,Â Village Voice). It is this aspect that has made Endo so particularly intriguing to his readership at home and abroad. Now gathered in a New Directions Bibelot edition are five of Endo's supreme short stories exemplifying his style and his interests, presenting, as it were, Endo in a nutshell. "Unzen," the opening story, touches on the subject of Silence Endo's most famous novel -- that is the torture and martyrdom of Christians in seventeenth-century Japan. Next comes "A Fifty-year-old Man" in which Mr. Chiba takes up ballroom dancing and faces the imminent death of his brother and his dog Whitey. In "Japanese in Warsaw" a business man has a strange encounter; in "The Box," an old photo album and a few postcards have a tale to reveal. Finally included is "The Case of Isobe," the opening chapter of Endo's novelÂ Deep RiverÂ in which Isobe, a member of a tour group, hopes to find in India the reincarnation of the wife he took so much for granted.
Country USA
Brand New Directions
Manufacturer New Directions
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0811214397
Model 0811214397
ReleaseDate 2000-06-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811214391

Country	USA
Brand	New Directions
Manufacturer	New Directions
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0811214397
Model	0811214397
ReleaseDate	2000-06-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780811214391

Five by Endo: (New Directions Bibelots)

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