Deep River
Shusaku Endo
(Author)
Van C. Gessel
(Author)
Description
The river is the Ganges, where a group of Japanese tourists converge: Isobe, grieving the death of the wife he ignored in life; Kiguchi, haunted by war-time memories of the Highway of Death in Burma; Numada, recovering from a critical illness; Mitsuko, a cynical woman struggling with inner emptiness; and, the butt of her cruel interest, Otsu, a failed seminarian for whom the figure on the cross is a god of many faces. In this novel, the renowned Japanese writer Shusaku Endo reaches his ultimate religious vision.Product Details
Price
$24.95
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Publish Date
April 17, 1995
Pages
222
Dimensions
5.8 X 8.6 X 0.9 inches | 1.0 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780811212892
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About the Author
Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is widely regarded as one of the most important Japanese authors of the late twentieth century. He won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novel Silence was recently made into a major film directed by Martin Scorsese.
Van C. Gessel is a professor of Japanese at Brigham Young University, and has a Ph.D. in Japanese literature from Columbia University. After joining the Church of Latter-day Saints in 1968, Gessel served as a missionary to Japan from 1970-71. He was given a lifetime achievement award from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture of Columbia University for his translations of modern Japanese fiction.
Reviews
...Mr. Endo is a master of the interior monologue, and he builds 'case' by 'case, ' chapter by chapter, a devastating critique of the world that has 'everything' but lacks moral substance and seems headed nowhere.--Robert Coles "New York Times Book Review"
A soulful gift to a world he keeps rendering as unrelievedly parched.--Robert Coles "New York Times Book Review"
One of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers.-- "Publishers Weekly"
A soulful gift to a world he keeps rendering as unrelievedly parched.--Robert Coles "New York Times Book Review"
One of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers.-- "Publishers Weekly"
