The samurai : a novel.
| ISBN: | 0394727266, 9780394727264, 0811213463, 9780811213462 |
| OCLC Number: | 642058390 |
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| Author: | Shusaku Endo |
| Translator: | Van C. Gessel |
| Language: | en |
| Publisher: | Harper & Row, 1982; Kodansha International, 1982; Vintage, 1984, 1989; New Directions, 1997 |
| Publication Place: | New York; New York; New York; New York |
| Japanese Copyright Year: | 1980 |
| English Publication Date: | 1982 |
| Notes: | Japanese title: Samurai. |
| Abstract: | In the 17th Century, a Japanese trade delegation travels to Mexico accompanied by Father Velasco, a Franciscan missionary acting as interpreter. On the way he converts them, using the argument that this will assure the success of their mission. It doesn't and on their return to Japan they are persecuted for their new faith. |
| Subjects: | Conversion, Christianity, Fiction Japan, History, 17th century, Fiction Samurai, Fiction Shusaku Endo, Translations into English Tsunenaga Hasekura, Fiction |