Five by Endo :
stories /
Shusaku Endo ; translated by Van C. Gessel
Description
- Language(s)
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English
- Published
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New York, NY : New Directions Bibelot, 2000.
- Summary
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"Here gathered in this small volume are five of the Japanese writer Shusaku Endo's short stories exemplifying his style and his interests, presenting, as it were, Endo in a nutshell. "Unzen," the opening story, touches on the subject of Silence, Endo's most famous novel - that is the torture and martyrdom of Christians in seventeenth-century Japan. Next comes "A Fifty-year-old Man" in which Mr. Chiba takes up ballroom dancing and faces the imminent death of his brother and his dog Whitey. In "Japanese in Warsaw" a business man has a strange encounter; in "The Box" an old photo album and a few postcards have a tale to reveal. Finally included is "The Case of Isobe," the opening chapter of Endo's wonderful novel Deep River."--BOOK JACKET.
- Physical Description
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84 p. ;
18 cm.
- ISBN
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9780811214391 (pbk. : alk.)
0811214397 (pbk. : alk.)
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