Shūsaku Endō

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Shūsaku Endō (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)

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Although Shūsaku Endō wrote first-rate short fiction, he is better known as the leading Roman Catholic writer of Japan and as a novelist and essayist. Of his novels, the best known are Obakasan (1959; Wonderful Fool, 1974), Kazan (1959; Volcano, 1978), Chimmoku (1966; Silence, 1969), Kuchibue o fuku toki (1974; When I Whistle, 1979), Samurai (1980; The Samurai, 1982), Sukyandaru (1986; Scandal, 1988), Dipu riba (1993; Deep River, 1994), and Shukuteki...

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