Bibliograph

The samurai, Shusaku Endo ; translated by Van C. Gessel

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The samurai, Shusaku Endo ; translated by Van C. Gessel

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eng

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Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The samurai

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Shusaku Endo ; translated by Van C. Gessel

Summary

In 1613 Father Pedro Velasco's dream came true. He set sail with a small group of Japanese Samurai first for Mexico, then Spain, then Rome. Velasco could speak Japanese and his zealous hope was to become bishop of a converted, Catholic Japan. They were the first Japanese ever to cross the Atlantic. Velasco's mission, along with that of the Samurai, was to use Western trade to turn Japan into a Christian country. This epic journey was filled with incredible danger and hardship, underwritten solely by faith...An exciting, imaginative dramatization of real

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