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'Serious, theologically-charged fiction of the highest quality: full, bleak, richly particular' Kirkus Reviews Winner of the 1980 Noma Literary Prize - a darkly absorbing portrayal of the first Japanese voyage across the Pacific, by the author of
'One of the best historical novels by anyone, ever' David Mitchell 'Japan's greatest twentieth-century author' Graham Greene 'A masterpiece. There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph With an introduction by Martin Scorsese
'An important book' Telegraph Winner of the Akutagawa Prize In 1950s Japan, Doctor Suguro practises medicine in a backwater still recovering from the war. Quiet and withdrawn, he lives tortured by his conscience and a horrific wartime memory: part
A simple and powerful retelling of the life of Christ as seen through the eyes of a Japanese novelist.
The Sea and Poison was the first Japanese book to confront the problem of individual responsibility in wartime, painting a searing picture of the human race's capacity for inhumanity. At the outset of this powerful story we find a Doctor Suguro in a b
In 1613, four low-ranking Japanese samurai, accompanied by a Spanish priest, set sail for Mexico to bargain for trading rights with the West in exchange for a Catholic crusade through Japan. Their arduous journey lasts four years, as they travel onward to
Shsaku Endōs roman Hav og gift fra 1957 er en fortælling fra Japan under Anden Verdenskrig. På et hospital i kystbyen Fukuoka overtales unge læger til at deltage i medicinske eksperimenter på amerikanske krigsfanger. Men de tackler situationen vidt