Молчание. Самурай

by Shūsaku Endō, Сюсаку Эндо, Ирина Львова (Translator)

Сюсаку Эндо, член японской Академии изящных искусств, - писатель, широко известный как в Японии, так и во всём мире. Роман "Молчание" раскрывает драматическую страницу японской истории - начало её самоизоляции, когда власти, искореняя новую религию, начали жесточайшие гонения на христиан. Роман "Самурай", удостоенный высокой литературной премии Нома, повествует о трагической судьбе посланной в Европу японской торгово-дипломатической миссии. Послесловие Л. Громковской. Перевод с японского. Переводчики: Ирина Львова, Галина Дуткина, Владимир Гривнин

448 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

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).