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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2020-08-18
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780231197304
- Book Title
- Sachiko : a Novel
- Book Series
- Weatherhead Books on Asia Ser.
- Item Length
- 0.9 in
- Original Language
- Japanese
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.1 in
- Genre
- Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, Fiction
- Topic
- Asian / Japanese, Literary, Linguistics / General
- Item Width
- 0.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 432 Pages
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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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Columbia University Press
ISBN-10
0231197306
ISBN-13
9780231197304
eBay Product ID (ePID)
13038257893
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sachiko : a Novel
Original Language
Japanese
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Asian / Japanese, Literary, Linguistics / General
Book Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia Ser.
Publication Year
2020
Genre
Language Arts & Disciplines, Literary Collections, Fiction
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Pl849.N4o613 2020
Reviews
There's such a profound kindness in these pages...[S]itting with this novel is much like sitting at a master craftsman's table. One sitting is insufficient to learn its lessons., An extraordinary novel by one of Japan's literary masters, Sachiko is a testament to shared experiences, cruelty, loss, and the persistence of love and faith., Beautifully translated by Van Gessel, the doyen of Endo scholars, Sachiko confirms once again the stature of this prolific author. The parallel stories bring a fresh urgency to Endo's profound understanding of the conflicting aims of culture and spirituality., Haunting in its content and breathtaking in its prose. . .This is a book I will be thinking about for a long time., Ever since his arrival on the literary scene in the 1950s, Endo has continued to fascinate and challenge his readership in equal measure. In the wake of Martin Scorsese's recent movie adaptation of his best-selling work, Silence , interest in Endo's oeuvre has been renewed and Sachiko provides us with further evidence of the author's extraordinary storytelling ability., Endo presents a touching study of the spiritual and moral dilemmas faced by a community forced to confront the very meaning of patriotism and Christianity during a time of war., Set during World War II in Nagasaki and Auschwitz, Endo's novel Sachiko provides a powerful portrait of a woman who pursued a life of faith, hope, and love. This translation highlights Van Gessel's deep compassion and understanding of Japanese history, tradition, and culture. I cannot more highly recommend this outstanding and delicate translation., Sachiko is a beautiful work, part love story, part tragedy, a tale of two young people caught in the wrong moment of history, In telling the story of two friends wrestling with faith and their lives in a nationalistic state, Endo offers a morally dense and thought-provoking read. Sachiko does not shy away from the horrors of war or genocide, and Endo's novel unsettlingly depicts the ways in which people can become complicit in horrific political systems., If you read only one new novel this year, let it be the great Japanese novelist Shusaku Endo's Sachiko . . . The novel is the achievement of a master of world literature, a work that, rooted in time and place, speaks movingly to persons and places far beyond the Japanese islands., An important work of historical fiction that raises profound questions about the moral legitimation and human cost of war, transnational relationships, and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki., Sachiko is the best Catholic novel I have read in a long time. Avoiding a sappy and simplistic depiction of a harsh reality, Endo honestly presents the doubts and dilemmas of Christians - Japanese, American, Polish - amidst hostile surroundings in a world where violation of the Fifth Commandment was the norm., A profound meditation on the meaning of love, sacrifice, and the spiritual dilemma of Christian beliefs vying against the demands of the nation-state. . . Sachiko is yet another example of Endo Shusaku's stunning literary artistry that demands more than one reading. Highly recommended.
Table of Content
Translator's Introduction Acknowledgments 1. His Arrival 2. Sachiko 3. A Spy 4. A Minor Secret 5. Dark Surging Waves 6. The Place of Death 7. The Student Dormitory 8. A Conversation About Love 9. Anguish 10. Escape 11. Girlish Innocence 12. A Summer Ablaze 13. The Death of Kolbe 14. Step by Step 15. That Day 16. A Decision 17. As Though There Were No War 18. Letters from Shuhei 19. Dark Days 20. 1944 21. And Sachiko . . . 22. Requiem 23. August 24. Aftermath Author's Afterword Appendix: Synopsis of Kiku's Prayer
Copyright Date
2020
Lccn
2019-057063
Dewey Decimal
895.635
Dewey Edition
23
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