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Kiku's Prayer

- A Novel
Af: Shusaku Endo Engelsk Hardback

Kiku's Prayer

- A Novel
Af: Shusaku Endo Engelsk Hardback
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Kiku's Prayer is told through the eyes of Kiku, a self-assured young woman from a rural Japanese village who falls in love with Seikichi, a devoted Catholic man. Practicing a faith still banned by the government, Seikichi is imprisoned but refuses to recant under torture. Kiku's efforts to reconcile her feelings for Seikichi's religion with the sacrifices she makes to free him mirror the painful, conflicting choices Japan faced as a result of exposure to modernity and the West. Seikichi's persecution exemplifies Japan's insecurities, and Kiku's tortured yet determined spirit represents the nation's resilient soul. Set in the turbulent years of the transition from the shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, Kiku's Prayer embodies themes central to Endo Shusaku's work, including religion, modernization, and the endurance of the human spirit. Yet this novel is much more than a historical allegory. It acutely renders one woman's troubled encounter with passion and spirituality at a transitional time in her life and in the history of her people. A renowned twentieth-century Japanese author, Endo wrote from the perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. His work is often compared with that of Graham Greene, who himself considered Endo one of the century's finest writers.
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Kiku's Prayer is told through the eyes of Kiku, a self-assured young woman from a rural Japanese village who falls in love with Seikichi, a devoted Catholic man. Practicing a faith still banned by the government, Seikichi is imprisoned but refuses to recant under torture. Kiku's efforts to reconcile her feelings for Seikichi's religion with the sacrifices she makes to free him mirror the painful, conflicting choices Japan faced as a result of exposure to modernity and the West. Seikichi's persecution exemplifies Japan's insecurities, and Kiku's tortured yet determined spirit represents the nation's resilient soul. Set in the turbulent years of the transition from the shogunate to the Meiji Restoration, Kiku's Prayer embodies themes central to Endo Shusaku's work, including religion, modernization, and the endurance of the human spirit. Yet this novel is much more than a historical allegory. It acutely renders one woman's troubled encounter with passion and spirituality at a transitional time in her life and in the history of her people. A renowned twentieth-century Japanese author, Endo wrote from the perspective of being both Japanese and Catholic. His work is often compared with that of Graham Greene, who himself considered Endo one of the century's finest writers.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 328
ISBN-13: 9780231162821
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0231162820
Kategori: Litteraturhistorie og kritik
Udg. Dato: 18 dec 2012
Længde: 24mm
Bredde: 164mm
Højde: 236mm
Forlag: Columbia University Press
Oplagsdato: 18 dec 2012
Forfatter(e): Shusaku Endo
Forfatter(e) Shusaku Endo

Kategori Litteraturhistorie og kritik

ISBN-13 9780231162821

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 328

Udgave

Længde 24mm

Bredde 164mm

Højde 236mm

Udg. Dato 18 dec 2012

Oplagsdato 18 dec 2012

Forlag Columbia University Press

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