Peter Owen Modern Classic: The Samurai (Edition 2) (Paperback)

from hemlokgang

This is the fourth novel by Shusaku Enhat do which I have read as part of a year long read of his works by a group of readers on LibraryThing.com. I have now started this review three times because I am not quite sure what to say. This story is another effort on Endo's part to illuminate the fail...

from EBT1002

This wonderful historical novel, based on true events during the first part of the 17th century, tells the story of a Japanese samurai and a Spanish missionary. The samurai is dispatched, along with three others of his rank, on a ship bound from Japan to Mexico. Their mission: to secure trade agr...

from nsenger

I just finished reading Shusaku Endo's The Samurai, and it was eye-opening in so many ways. It is the story of two men: Father Velasco, the flawed but well-meaning missionary to Japan, and Hasekura Rokuemon, the quiet Samurai who only wants to do his duty. Both men have a mission, both of them ar...

from jeterat

Endo follows the true story of a group of Japanese envoys sent from a provincial Lord to Mexico, Spain, and eventually Rome in the hopes of gaining access to trade with the Spanish empire in the early 17th century. Hasekura, one of the low-ranking Samurai leaders of the group, struggles with his ...

from matsutoya

For me personally the greatest novel ever written, it takes three practically incompatible areas, organized western religion, ancient japanese culture, and a sincere believer, and forges them together as best as any author can possibly do. A true follower of Jesus Christ, the conclusion of the fo...