
The Final Martyrs
Shusaku Endo(Author)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published on 27. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-0-8112-1811-5 (ISBN)
Description
Eleven short, deeply spiritual stories ranging from autobiographical serendipities to solemn, empathetic parables. The title story is set during the 18th-century Shogunate persecution of Christians in Japan.
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Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8112-1811-5 (9780811218115)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is widely regarded as one of the most important Japanese authors of the late twentieth century. He won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novel Silence was recently made into a major film directed by Martin Scorsese.