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 Endo Shusaku Summary
226 words, approx. 1 pages (1923–1996), Japanese writer. As a boy, Tokyo-born novelist and playwright Endo Shusaku, was baptized into the Catholic Church. After majoring in French literature at Keio University, in 1950 he was selected as the first Japanese to study... summary from source:
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Shūsaku Endō (遠藤 周作 Endō Shusaku, March 271923–September 291996) was a renowned 20th century Japanese author who wrote from the unique perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. (The population of Christians in Japan is less than...
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 The Independent - London obituary : Shusaku Endo
10/01/1996: 1,134 words, approx. 4 pages Last year, one of Japan's best-known novelists, Shusaku Endo, was to have received the Culture Prize from the hands of the Emperor. But he was too ill to attend the ceremonies at the Imperial Palace. The general public had been dismayed when the Nobel... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Mark B. Williams
13,982 words, approx. 47 pages
In the following essay, Williams explores Endō's use of character and technique in what Williams maintains is “a consistent search for reconciliation of the self.”
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Critical Essay by Van C. Gessel
10,917 words, approx. 36 pages
In the following excerpt, Gessel—who has translated many of Endo's novels and story collections into English—discusses the “moral idealism” of Endo's fiction, as exemplified in the stories: “Despicable Bastard,” “My Belongings,” “The Day Before,” and “Mothers.”
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Critical Essay by Richard E. Durfee, Jr.
9,063 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Durfee addresses the question of whether or not it is possible to be both fully Japanese and fully Christian, and examines the ways in which Endō handles the seeming paradox in his writing.
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