Found insideAnd why? Multiplying perspectives and refracting light from the strangely facing mirrors of fantasy and reality, pain and pleasure, these ten stories present Kono at her very best. All the salient qualities that distinguish the superb work of Japanese writer Shusaku Endo are on full display in this new collection of eleven stories written over the course of almost thirty years. Found insideAs the story opens, the two men are several years into their friendship, and tensions have begun to build. Hideyoshi pursues his quest to unify Japan, and his ego grows with every victory. Found insideShusaku was still snoring in the corner. ... and the redness that had come upon the world when he saw the throbbing of that vein was lifted, ... Suguro is an eminent Catholic novelist who is about to receive a major literary award. Both instructive and evocative, Women of the Pleasure Quarters is an enthralling portrait of a world unlike any other. Found inside – Page 266... squarely in the corner of those , who fight atomic bombs and seek a world ... The art scene also has Christian writers like Shusaku Endo , Ayaka Miura ... Found insideIn this luminous book, he addresses the question of art and faith and their reconciliation with a quiet and moving eloquence.”—Martin Scorsese “[An] elegant treatise . . . Donald Richie, the eminent film historian, novelist, and essayist, still lives in Tokyo. The acclaimed short stories of the master Japanese writer. Found insideIn Search of Japan's Hidden Christians is a remarkable story of suppression, secrecy and survival in the face of human cruelty and God’s apparent silence. Suzu Urano, ein Mädchchen mit viel Fantasie und großem Zeichentalent, wächst wohlbehütet in Hiroshima auf. Found insideThe Shogun called old soldiers out of retirement for one last battle before peace could be declared in Japan. For there to be an end to war, he said, the Christians would have to die. This is a true story. Found insideThis book investigates the ways that anime presents these issues in an in-depth and sophisticated manner, uncovering the identity conflicts, fears over rapid technological advancement, and other key themes present in much of Japanese ... Found insideIn "Japanese in Warsaw" a business man has a strange encounter; in "The Box" an old photo album and a few postcards have a tale to reveal. Finally included is "The Case of Isobe," the opening chapter of Endo's wonderful novel Deep River. Moyshe Kulbak, a contemporary of the Soviet Jewish writer Isaac Babel, picks up where Sholem Aleichem left off a generation before, exploring in this book the transformation of Jewish life. This is a new release of the original 1935 edition. Young interns Suguro, compelled by circumstance, Toda, a cynic, and Nurse Ueda, numbed by tragedy, take part in experiments the Japanese doctors are performing on their American prisoners At the outset of this powerful story we find a ... Found inside – Page 81... the means-ends dilemma is in a novel by the Japanese writer Shusaku Endo. ... In our own small corner of the world we have, for once, grappled with and ... The Story of the Transformation of Jesus from Divinity to Celebrity The United States (it is often pointed out) is one of the most religious countries on earth, and most Americans belong to one Christian church or another. Found inside – Page 4930 SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES IN In ThIs Corner of The World Since Kono has neither ... Harumi, the six- or seven-year-old daughter of Shusaku's sister Keiko, ... " --Variety "For the lover of Kurosawa's movies...this is nothing short of must reading...a fitting companion piece to his many dynamic and absorbing screen entertainments." --Washington Post Book World In perfect couterpoint the story unfolds as Ozu relives the past while his son Eichi, a young house surgeon, pursues his ambitious and materialistic machinations to unseat his rivals. Suzu Urano, ein Mädchchen mit viel Fantasie und großem Zeichentalent, wächst wohlbehütet in Hiroshima auf. Found inside – Page iShedding light on a wide range of cross-cultural concerns and encounters, going far beyond narrow theological specialisation, the author argues that any successful process of missiological inculturation demands a serious antholopological ... THE MANGA THAT INSPIRED THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FILM--NOW ON NETFLIX! 1940’s Hiroshima Prefecture. Found inside – Page 246NICK LAKE it was happening too quickly for Shusaku really to take it in. ... He saw, in the corner of his vision, Mara running toward him, a scream on her ... The second part, `Araki Thomas', sees Endo on familiar territory as he tells of an apostate Japanese Catholic who has visited seventeenth-century Rome. `And You, Too,' the third part, is the story of Tanaka, a Japanese scholar of French ... Found inside – Page 200A Novel Shusaku Endo ... If from the four corners of the world men like this father were to come once more, we would have to apprehend the Christians again ... Reader looks at Aum's claims about itself and asks, why did a religious movement ostensibly focussed on yoga, meditation, asceticism and the pursuit of enlightenment become involved in violent activities? Found insideFathi Chin, a writer whose work has been banned by the authoritarian government, gets caught in a bureaucratic labyrinth when his identification papers are taken after he attempts to help a student being beaten by police. Next Big Idea Club selection—chosen by Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, and Adam Grant as one of the "two most groundbreaking new nonfiction reads of the season!" "This book has the power to change everything! Missionaries is an astonishment, a novel of extraordinary suspense whose central, unsparing drama is infused by a geopolitical sophistication and a wisdom about the human heart that would be rare even in isolation. Or we can accept the splintered condition of culture as a kaleidoscope of common struggles, a reality that only the golden rays of God can restore and recreate via broken humanity. The latter is my starting promise in writing this book. He reflects that this is perhaps the reason why many people—even those with no religious commitment—seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or seeking silent retreats. What impact did WWII and the dropping of the atomic bomb have on the people of Japan? Through the eyes of an average Japanese woman in 1955, acclaimed artist Fumiyo Kouno attempts to address this question. Tom, a modern-day historian, and his girlfriend Sharon, a theoretical physicist, search for the truth about the 1349 disappearance of the small German town of Eifelheim as the Black Death strengthens its grip on medieval Europe, unaware ... Found inside – Page 18245 Endo Shusaku: Der Samurai, München 1987, S. 242. 46 Yasugi Masahiro: Nostalgia ... A Dream of Contemporary Art in one Corner of the World, ebd. S. 187. A Japanese Catholic, Endo tells the story of two 17th-century missionaries attempting to shore up the oppressed Japanese Christian movement. From the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival — and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a ... 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