Shusaku Endo Livres

Japon, 1614. Le shogun formule un édit d'expulsion de tous les missionnaires catholiques. En dépit des persécutions, ces derniers poursuivent leur apostolat. Jusqu'à ce qu'une rumeur enfle à Rome : Christophe Ferreira, missionnaire tenu en haute estime, aurait renié sa foi. Trois jeunes prêtres partent au Japon pour enquêter et poursuivre l'oeuvre évangélisatrice... Dans ce roman encensé par la critique internationale, Shûsaku Endô éclaire une part méconnue de l'histoire de son pays. Ce roman d'aventures se fait réflexion sur le caractère universel des religions et le sens véritable de la charité chrétienne, témoignage étonnant des relations complexes entre Japon et Occident.

Quel terrible secret de son passé Tsukada tente-t-il d'oublier - ou d'expier - en buvant ? Comment un prêtre ocidental, profondément croyant en apparence et qui convertit les Japonais de son entourage, devient-il un défroqué ? Quelle place notre vie laisse-t-elle à la mort ?Au cœur d'un Japon tourné vers l'avenir, Shûsaku Endô essaie de réconcilier traditions ancestrales et enseignement catholique, péché et obsession du rachat, souffrance et courage.

The collection features eleven short stories that blend autobiographical elements with profound spiritual themes. Among them, one narrative explores the 18th-century Shogunate's persecution of Christians in Japan, highlighting the resilience of faith amidst adversity. Each tale offers rich emotional depth, weaving together moments of serendipity and solemn reflection, inviting readers to engage with the complexities of belief and human experience.

Translated from the Japanese Kuchibue wo fuku toki--Title page verso.

"Originally published. New York: Harper & Row: Kodansha International, 1982"--Copyright page.

In novels such as Silence, Endo Shusaku examined the persecution of Japanese Christians in different historical eras. Sachiko, set in Nagasaki in the painful years between 1930 and 1945, is the story of two young people trying to find love during yet another period in which Japanese Christians were accused of disloyalty to their country.

With an introduction by Martin ScorseseBeneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth, in a place which you do not know and which your whole lives through you will never visit.It is 1640 and Father Sebastian Rodrigues, an idealistic Jesuit priest, sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there. He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor, rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture. Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered, but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan and then into the hands of those who would crush his faith, he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God. The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work and has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels. As empathetic as it is powerful, it is an astonishing exploration of faith and suffering and an award-winning classic. 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere . . . flawless' David Mitchell'A masterpiece. There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph

Shusaku Endo's most disquieting novel and a masterful study of individual and collective moral disintegration. Set in a Japanese hospital during the last days of the Second World War, the story centres on the medical staff who offer to assist in a series of vivisections, experimental operations on live American prisoners of war.

A man who caused a girl to fall in love with him by playing up his deformity, then seduced and abandoned her, is haunted by her memory. A study of the workings of conscience. By a Japanese Catholic writer, author of Silence.