Kiku's prayer

Kiku's prayer: a novel

by Endō, Shūsaku

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Kiku's Prayer is told through the eyes of Kiku, a self-assured young woman from a rural Japanese village who falls in love with Seikichi, a devoted Catholic man. Practicing a faith still banned by the government, Seikichi is imprisoned but refuses to recant under torture. Kiku's efforts to reconcile her feelings for Seikichi's religion with the sacrifices she makes to free him mirror the painful, conflicting choices Japan faced as a result of exposure to modernity and the West. Seikichi's perse…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Kiku's prayer : a novel / Endo Shusaku ; translated by Van C. Gessel.

Summary

Kiku's Prayer is told through the eyes of Kiku, a self-assured young woman from a rural Japanese village who falls in love with Seikichi, a devoted Catholic man. Practicing a faith still banned by the government, Seikichi is imprisoned but refuses to recant under torture. Kiku's efforts to reconcile her feelings for Seikichi's religion with the sacrifices she makes to free him mirror the painful, conflicting choices Japan faced as a result of exposure to modernity and the West. Seikichi's persecution exemplifies Japan's insecurities, and Kiku's tortured yet determined spirit represents the nation's resilient soul. Set in the turbulent years of the transition from the shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, Kiku's Prayer embodies themes central to Endo Shusaku's work, including religion, modernization, and the endurance of the human spirit. Yet this novel is much more than a historical allegory. It acutely renders one woman's troubled encounter with passion and spirituality at a transitional time in her life and in the history of her people.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2013.

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Notes

"This translation is dedicated to the memory of Hondō Shun (1936-1997) a kind and gentle man who was nothing like his namesake in this novel."

The Physical Object

  • Description:viii, 312 pages ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780231162821, 0231162820, 9780231530835, 0231530838
  • oclc:ocn794366432
  • LC Classification:PL849.N4
  • Dewey Decimal:895.6/35

Subjects

Andrae, A. Christianisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Christianity Christianity -- Fiction Fiction Historical fiction History Japan Japan -- Nagasaki-shi Japanisch Jeunes femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Fiction Persecution Persecution -- Fiction. -- History -- 1… Religious fiction Young women Young women -- Fiction

Writers

Endō, Shūsaku

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