Shūsaku Endō

Deep River is a novel by Shusaku Endo published in 1993. When he died in 1996, only two novels were chosen to be placed inside his coffin. Deep River was one of them.

The Samurai is a novel by Japanese author Shusaku Endo first published in 1980. It tells a fictionalized story of a 17th-century diplomatic mission to "Nueva España" by Japanese noblemen, and the cultural clash that ensues. The main character is Hasekura Rokuemon.

Scandal is a 1986 novel by the Japanese author Shusaku Endō. Endo was a Japanese Catholic writer whose works, among other things, covered various aspects of the Japanese Catholic experience. He was furthermore a member of the Japanese 'literary establishment,' accounting for the importance of PEN meetings in the work. …

Silence est un roman historique, écrit en 1966 par Shūsaku Endō, écrivain catholique japonais. Sous forme littéraire de journal personnel et lettre envoyée en Europe, il illustre le drame de conscience vécu par des missionnaires jésuites au Japon du XVIIᵉ siècle qui, lors des graves persécutions antichrétiennes, sont …