[PDF.81sc] Kiku's Prayer: A Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

Kiku's Prayer: A Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

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 | #170726 in Books |  2012-12-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.00 x1.10 x6.10l,1.40 | File type: PDF | 328 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A truly wonderful book|By Hank|Having read all of the translated works of this terrific writer, I was looking forward to this new release. For me, it was just wonderful. Not only is Endo's latest translation into English a great novel and a gripping story, the tragedy of the novel's central character Kiku is inspiring and enlightening in a spiritual way as well. I won't spoi| |A beautifully faithful and rich depiction of 19th century Japan. (Book Junkie Joint)

Deftly plotted and well researched, the novel is tinged with affection for Nagasaki (Joseph S. O'Leary The Japan Times)

A rewarding journey

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...

You easily download any file type for your gadget.Kiku's Prayer: A Novel (Weatherhead Books on Asia)   |  Shūsaku Endō. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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