Title: Five by Endo : stories /
Authors: Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996; Gessel, Van C.
Publisher: New Directions Bibelot,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Endō, Shūsaku, Translations into English.
Abstract: "Here gathered in this small volume are five of the Japanese writer Shusaku Endo's short stories exemplifying his style and his interests, presenting, as it were, Endo in a nutshell. "Unzen," the opening story, touches on the subject of Silence, Endo's most famous novel - that is the torture and martyrdom of Christians in seventeenth-century Japan. Next comes "A Fifty-year-old Man" in which Mr. Chiba takes up ballroom dancing and faces the imminent death of his brother and his dog Whitey. In "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."--Jacket.
Contents: Unzen -- A fifty-year-old man -- Japanese in Warsaw -- The box -- The case of Isobe.