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Shūsaku Endō

Born

in Tokyo, Japan

March 27, 1923

Died

September 29, 1996

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Christian

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Shusaku Endo (遠藤周作), born in Tokyo in 1923, was raised by his mother and an aunt in Kobe where he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of eleven. At Tokyo's Keio University he majored in French literature, graduating BA in 1949, before furthering his studies in French Catholic literature at the University of Lyon in France between 1950 and 1953. A major theme running through his books, which have been translated into many languages, including English, French, Russian and Swedish, is the failure of Japanese soil to nurture the growth of Christianity. Before his death in 1996, Endo was the recipient of a number of outstanding Japanese literary awards: the Akutagawa Prize, Mainichi Cultural Prize, Shincho Prize, and Tanizaki Prize.
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Average rating: 4.04 · 54,056 ratings · 6,904 reviews · 383 distinct works • Similar authors

	Silence 4.09 avg rating — 38,953 ratings — published 1966 — 159 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Samurai 4.02 avg rating — 3,643 ratings — published 1980 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deep River by Shūsaku Endō, Van C. Gessel (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 2,817 ratings — published 1993 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sea and Poison by Shūsaku Endō, Michael Gallagher (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 1,754 ratings — published 1958 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Scandal by Shūsaku Endō, Van C Gessel (Translator) 3.66 avg rating — 1,500 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wonderful Fool by Shūsaku Endō, Francis Mathy (Translator) 3.74 avg rating — 956 ratings — published 1959 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Girl I Left Behind by Shūsaku Endō, Mark Williams (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 677 ratings — published 1964 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When I Whistle: A Novel by Shūsaku Endō, Van C. Gessel (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 1974 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Life of Jesus by Shūsaku Endō, Richard A. Schuchert (Translator) 3.88 avg rating — 620 ratings — published 1973	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Volcano 3.53 avg rating — 292 ratings — published 1959 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Shūsaku Endō (?)

“Every weakness contains within itself a strength.”
― Shusaku Endo

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“Sin, he reflected, is not what it is usually thought to be; it is not to steal and tell lies. Sin is for one man to walk brutally over the life of another and to be quite oblivious of the wounds he has left behind.”
― Shusaku Endo, Silence

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“Christ did not die for the good and beautiful. It is easy enough to die for the good and beautiful; the hard thing is to die for the miserable and corrupt.”
― Shūsaku Endō, Silence

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Silence by Shūsaku Endō (1966)

8 votes, 36.4%

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey (1962)

7 votes, 31.8%

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (1963)

5 votes, 22.7%

The Family Moskat by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1950)

2 votes, 9.1%

The Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith (1859)

0 votes, 0.0%

Sour Sweet by Timothy Mo (1982)

0 votes, 0.0%

Behind the Scenes at the Museum by Kate Atkinson (1995)

0 votes, 0.0%

22 total votes

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