Shūsaku Endō

Milczenie – powieść historyczna z 1966 r. japońskiego pisarza Shūsaku Endō. Jest to opowieść oparta na faktach, przedstawiająca losy siedemnastowiecznego jezuity, misjonarza wysłanego do Japonii. Doświadczył on prześladowania w latach 1637–1638, po upadku powstania na półwyspie Shimabara. Autor otrzymał za książkę …

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" by Japanese noblemen, and the cultural clash that ensues. The main character is Hasekura Rokuemon.

Deep River is a novel by Shusaku Endo published in 1993. When he died in 1996, only two novels were chosen to be placed inside his coffin. Deep River was one of them.

Scandal is a 1986 novel by the Japanese author Shusaku Endō. Endo was a Japanese Catholic writer whose works, among other things, covered various aspects of the Japanese Catholic experience. He was furthermore a member of the Japanese 'literary establishment,' accounting for the importance of PEN meetings in the work. …