The final martyrs

Shūsaku Endō

Original title: Short stories

first published 1994 New Directions, 1994 199 pages

All the salient qualities that distinguish the superb work of Japanese writer Shusaku Endo are on full display in this new collection of eleven stories written over the course of almost thirty years. The themes are akin to those in the author's novels (Silence and The Sea and Poison, for example): the martyrdom of Roman Catholics in Japan; coming to terms with old age - a compound of infirmity, fear, and pangs of no...

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The final martyrs edition · 2008 · New Directions · 199 pages · 9780811218115
The final martyrs edition · 1994 · New Directions · 199 pages

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