The Samurai
Author | : Shūsaku Endō |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1997 |
ISBN-10 | : 0811213463 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780811213462 |
Rating | : 4/5 (462 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Samurai written by Shūsaku Endō and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 1997 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the late Shusaku Endo's finest works, THE SAMURAI seamlessly combines historical fact with a novelist's imaginings. Set in the period preceding the Christian persecutions in Japan recorded so memorably in Endo's SILENCE, this book traces the steps of some of the first Japanese to set foot on European soil.