- Fiction, Christians, History, Missionaries in Fiction
An historical novel by Japanese writer Shusaku Endo telling the story of a young Portuguese missionary in 17th Century Japan. After being smuggled into the country a Jesuit missionary fresh from the seminary finds the Christian population have been forced underground by a government eager to stamp out foreign interference and values.
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Grave, earnest, classical in form and contemplative.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Shūsaku Endō
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 294
- Publisher
- Taplinger Pub. Co.
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780800871864
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