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| Genre/Form: | Historical fiction Religious fiction Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Shūsaku Endō |
| ISBN: | 9780231162821 0231162820 9780231530835 0231530838 |
| OCLC Number: | 794366432 |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
| Notes: | "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondō Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." |
| Description: | viii, 312 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | AcknowledgmentsMitsu and KikuThe SearcherNagasakiThe Road Is LongThe Temple of the Southern BarbariansA Day of HopeSpiesBattles in the DarkThe ContestHeavy RainA Chance EncounterThe Setting of the SunThe ReunionSeparationThe CrowdTsuwanoMaruyamaThe Valley of PainTwo Kinds of LoveA Man Named ItoThe Blessed and the UnblessedOtome PassThe Third WinterSnow. And the Blessed MotherGoing HomeEpilogueBetween the Lines: Author's Afterword |
| Series Title: | Weatherhead books on Asia. |
| Responsibility: | Endo Shusaku ; translated by Van C. Gessel. |
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Endo writes with force and stylistic verve about the vexing experience of living at the intersection between cultures, religions, and belief systems. This novel is a touching, deftly handled character study that traces out the process by which Kiku achieves self-understanding and some measure of spiritual reconciliation. -- Dennis Washburn, Dartmouth University Read more...
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