Shusaku Endo

With an introduction by Martin ScorseseBeneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth, in a place which you do not know and which your whole lives through you will never visit.It is 1640 and Father Sebastian Rodrigues, an idealistic Jesuit priest, sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there. He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor, rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture. Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered, but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan and then into the hands of those who would crush his faith, he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God. The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work and has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels. As empathetic as it is powerful, it is an astonishing exploration of faith and suffering and an award-winning classic. 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere . . . flawless' David Mitchell'A masterpiece. There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph

Silence

Van C. Gessel

Deep River

A través de la fracasada misión de los sacerdotes occidentales que en el siglo XVII intentaron evangelizar el Japón, Endo propone una sutil reflexión sobre los valores fundamentales de la fe cristiana. Cuando la obra se publicó en Japón fue motivo de apasionadas controversias, obtuvo el prestigioso premio Tanizaki, fue considerada la mejor novela del año y en poco tiempo había vendido millones de ejemplares. Hoy es considerada como la novela más importante de Endo y una pieza fundamental para explicar ciertos caminos emprendidos por la narrativa japonesa de nuestros días. Esta nueva edición incorpora un prólogo escrito especialmente para la ocasión por el traductor de japonés, Jaime Fernández, que contribuye a situarla en el contexto en que surgió y las polémicas en que se vieron envueltos tanto la obra como el autor debido al tema que toca.

Silencio

Francis Mathy

"Wonderful Fool is the story of Gaston Bonaparte, a young Frenchman who visits Tokyo to stay wth his pen-friend Takamori. Gaston is a trusting person whose simple love for others remains even after they have demonstrated deceipt and betrayal, but his appearance and his behaviour prove a bitter disappointment and embarrassment to Takamori and his associates, as Gaston spends his time making friends with street children, stray dogs, prostitutes and gangsters. Endo charts his misadventures with irony, satire and humanity."--Cover.

Wonderful Fool

周作·遠藤

Shūsaku Endō

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.

Stories

Five by Endo

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

The Samurai

Paul Glynn

The story of Takashi Nagai, M.D., professor of radiology at the University of Nagasaki and survivor of the atomic bombing, and of his spiritual pilgrimage from Shintoism to atheistic rationalism, and finally to a Christian faith.

The Story of Takashi Nagai: Scientist, Convert, and Survivor of the Atomic Bomb

A Song for Nagasaki

Now a major film.With an introduction by Martin ScorseseFather Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians and to discover the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith. Once faced with the realities of religious persecution Rodrigues himself is forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God.Winner of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its genre. It caused major controversy in Japan following its publication in 1967.

José David Antunes

Nao Makino

Uma vida de Jesus

When I Whistle

Wonderful Fool is the story of Gaston Bonoparte, a young Frenchman who visits Tokyo to stay with his pen-friend Takamori. Gaston is a trusting person with a simple love for others even after they have demonstrated deceit and betrayal, but his appearance and his behaviour prove a bitter disappointment and embarrassment to Takamori and his associates, as Gaston spends his time making friends with street children, stray dogs, prostitutes and gangsters. Endo charts his misadventures with irony, satire and humanity.

Mario Vilela

O mais aclamado romance de Shusaku Endo, adaptado para o cinema por Martin Scorsese Com Andrew Garfield e Liam Neeson no elenco, trata da força da fé em tempos perigosos. Profundo observador dos dramas humanos, o escritor narra em Silêncio a saga de missionários portugueses no Japão do século XVII, um período em que os cristãos locais eram brutalmente oprimidos. CApturados e forçados a ver seus companheiros japoneses abrirem mão da vida pela fé, os jesuítas começam a testemunhar crueldades inimagináveis que testam suas próprias crenças. SHusaku Endo (1923-1996) é um dos mais celebrados e conhecidos escritores japoneses. “Um dos romances mais refinados do século XX.” Graham Greene, Escritor britânico “Um dos melhores romances históricos já escritos.” David Mitchell, Escritor britânico “Silêncio é a história de um homem que aprende – tão dolorosamente – que o amor divino é mais misterioso do que imagina.” Martin Scorsese, cineasta

Romanvorlage zum Film SILENCE

Schweigen

The samurai

Berlatar belakang Jepang abad ke-17, periode Edo, Silence mengisahkan perjalanan nasib Sebastian Rodrigues, Yesuit Portugis yang dikirim ke Jepang untuk membantu Gereja setempat dan untuk mencari tahu keadaan mantan gurunya, Ferreira, yang dikabarkan telah murtad karena tidak tahan menanggung siksaan. Pada zaman ketika Kristianitas dilarang keras di Jepang, dan para penganutnya dikejar-kejar, dipaksa menjadi murtad, dan dibunuh, bukan hal mudah bagi Rodrigues untuk bertahan hidup, apalagi Tuhan yang selama ini dianggapnya sumber kasih seolah bungkam dan hening, tidak berbuat apa-apa. Pada akhirnya, pertanyaan yang utama adalah: sanggupkah manusia mempertahankan keyakinannya di tengah masa-masa penuh penganiayaan? Dan benarkah Tuhan hanya diam berpangku tangan melihat penderitaan?

Hening (Silence/Chinmoku) - cover baru

Rio Profundo

Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese In this powerful psychological drama set in the 17th century, Portuguese missionary Father Rodrigues arrives in Japan to find the small Christian community there practicing their faith in secret amid brutal persecution by the Edo government. Soon, Father Rodrigues's faith will be tested to the breaking point as he is faced with an unbearable moral dilemma: renounce his faith, or watch his followers be tortured and put to death one by one. At once an emotionally intense drama and a piercing exploration of belief, Silence is a haunting novel of profound insight into the true meaning of faith and courage from Nobel-prize nominated writer Shusaku Endo, one of Japan's most revered novelists.

On the first day of First Surgery's project, three prisoners were scheduled for operations. The aims of the vivisection experiment were described as follows: 1. Saline is to be injected into the blood stream. The quantitative limits of such a procedure before death occurs are to be ascertained. 2. Air is to be injected into the veins and the volume at which death occurs is to be ascertained. 3. The limit to which the bronchial tubes may be cut before death occurs is to be ascertained. Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of World War II, the story centers on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections--experimental operations on live U.S. prisoners of war. The Sea and Poison won the Akutagawa Prize when it was published in Japan in 1958 and established Shusaku Endo in the forefront of modern Japanese literature. Today it remains as startling and, sadly, as relevant as ever.

Peter Owen Modern Classic

The Sea and Poison

The author portrays the alienation of three Japanese living in the West--Kudo, a student in 1950s France; Araki Thomas, a seventeenth-century Catholic studying theology in Rome; and Tanaka, a scholar researching the Marquis de Sade

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