Five by Endo: Stories - Brossura

Endo, Shusaku

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ISBN 10: 0811214397 ISBN 13: 9780811214391

Casa editrice: New Directions, 2000

Riassunto

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, 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 novel Deep River 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.

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A collection of five stories featuring characters such as Mr Chiba who take up ballroom dancing whilst facing the imminent death of his brother and dog, and Isobe who goes to India to find the reincarnation of his wife he took for granted.

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• Editore: New Directions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0811214397
• ISBN 13: 9780811214391
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 84