死海のほとり

by Shūsaku Endō, 遠藤周作

戦時下の弾圧の中で信仰につまずき、キリストを棄てようとした小説家の「私」。エルサレムを訪れた「私」は大学時代の友人戸田に会う。聖書学者の戸田は妻と別れ、イスラエルに渡り、いまは国連の仕事で食いつないでいる。戸田に案内された「私」は、真実のイエスを求め、死海のほとりにその足跡を追う。そこで「私」が見出し得たイエスの姿は？　愛と信仰の原点を探る長編。

322 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1983

About the author

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.
(from the backcover of Volcano).

Reviews

[Ally Mcbeal · Rating 4 out of 5]

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