In 1613 the missionary Father Pedro Velasco's dream comes true. For the first time, the Japanese are going to cross the Pacific Ocean. And he is going with them. As he sets sail with a group of Samurai, for Mexico, then Spain and finally Rome, his zealous hope is that, by opening up relations with the western world, Japan will become ripe for conversion to Christianity - with him as Bishop. But fate has other plans for Father Velasco.
A gripping portrayal of an extraordinary historical voyage, filled with danger and hardship, The Samurai is a haunting novel of endurance, faith and hubris.
'Endo to my mind is one of the finest living novelists' Graham Greene
'Powerful, beautifully written' New Statesman
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Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A superb historical novel by one of Japan's greatest novelistsIn 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai first for Mexico, then Spain, then Rome. Velasco could speak Japanese and his zealous hope was to become bishop of a converted, Catholic Japan. They were the first Japanese ever to cross the Pacific. Velasco's mission, along with that of the Samurai, was to use Western trade to turn Japan into a Christian country. This epic journey was filled with incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith.An exciting, imaginative dramatization of real events, Endo's great work is also a profoundly personal one, reflecting on his beliefs. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780241307465
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