Kiku's Prayer - Weatherhead Books on Asia

Informationen zum Autor Endo Shusaku (1923-1996) studied French literature at the University of Lyon from 1950 to 1953. In 1995! Emperor Akihito of Japan presented him with the Order of Culture! the nation's highest honor for contributions in literature! art! and culture. His publications include the internationally acclaimed novel Silence! The Sea and Poison! A Life of Jesus! and Song of Sadness! as well as many other works dealing with childhood! the stigma of being an outsider! the experience of being a foreigner! and the difficulties of following a foreign faith. Van C. Gessel is professor of Japanese at Brigham Young University. He is the author of Three Modern Novelists: Soseki! Tanizaki! Kawabata; coeditor of The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature; and translator of seven literary works by Endo Shusaku! including The Samurai and Deep River. Klappentext "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondao Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." Zusammenfassung "This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondo Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel." Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Shusaku Endo
• Assisted by: Van C. Gessel (Translation), Gessel Van C. (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.12.2012
• EAN: 9780231162821
• ISBN: 978-0-231-16282-1
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Religious, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Christian / Historical, Literature: history & criticism, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Fiction; historical; religious