The Samurai by Shūsaku Endō

The Samurai

Shūsaku Endō with Van C. Gessel (Translator)

272 pages paperback 1980

23 editions

fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
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In 1613, four low-ranking Japanese samurai, accompanied by a Spanish priest, set sail for Mexico to bargain for trading rights with the West in exchange for a Catholic crusade through Japan. Their arduous journey lasts four years, as they travel o...

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