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No cover — Shūsaku Endō: The Samurai (1983, Penguin)

272 pages

English language

Published May 10, 1983 by Penguin.

ISBN:: 978-0-14-006557-2
OCLC Number:: 10803452

(4 reviews)

The Samurai is a novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo first published in 1980. It tells a fictionalized story of a 17th-century diplomatic mission to "Nueva España" (New Spain or Mexico) by Japanese noblemen, and the cultural clash that ensues. The main character is Hasekura Rokuemon.

6 editions

Geoff reviewed The samurai by Shūsaku Endō (Aventura)

Review of 'The samurai' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

Shūsaku Endō’s masterpiece, Silence, is easily one of my favorite books of all time. As soon as I read it I wanted to read more, and finally got around to it. This book definitely didn’t disappoint. As you would expect it is beautifully and thoughtfully written. (And the audiobook reading by David Holt is also wonderful.)

I wish modern Christianity had more in common with the version in the hearts of Endō’s quiet and unassuming characters.

Shūsaku Endō’s masterpiece, Silence, is easily one of my favorite books of all time. As soon as I read it I wanted to read more, and finally got around to it. This book definitely didn’t disappoint. As you would expect it is beautifully and thoughtfully written. (And the audiobook reading by David Holt is also wonderful.)
I wish modern Christianity had more in common with the version in the hearts of Endō’s quiet and unassuming characters.

Arturo Serrano

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