Kiku's prayer

Kiku's prayer: a novel

by Endō, Shūsaku

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Endo Shusaku was a renowned twentieth-century Japanese author who wrote from the unusual perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. His work is often compared to that of Graham Greene, who himself considered Endo one of the century's finest writers. A historical novel set in the turbulent period between the fall of the shogunate and the Meiji Restoration, Kiku's Prayer embodies themes central to Endo's work, including religion, modernization, and the endurance of the human spirit.

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Title Statements

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

Summary

Endo Shusaku was a renowned twentieth-century Japanese author who wrote from the unusual perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. His work is often compared to that of Graham Greene, who himself considered Endo one of the century's finest writers. A historical novel set in the turbulent period between the fall of the shogunate and the Meiji Restoration, Kiku's Prayer embodies themes central to Endo's work, including religion, modernization, and the endurance of the human spirit.

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  • Publication Date:©2013

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The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource (viii, 312 pages)

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780231530835, 0231530838
  • DOI:10.7312/endo16282
  • oclc:ocn824451423
  • LC Classification:PL849.N4
  • Dewey Decimal:895.635

Subjects

Christianisme -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Christianity Christianity -- Fiction Fiction FICTION -- General FICTION -- Religious History Japan Japan -- Nagasaki-shi Jeunes femmes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc Nagasaki-shi (Japan) -- Fiction Persecution Persecution -- Fiction. -- History -- 1… Young women Young women -- Fiction

Writers

Endō, Shūsaku Gessel, Van C.

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