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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.
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Deep River, Endō Shūsaku
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- Released
- 2024
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- Title
- Deep River
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Endō Shūsaku
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Released
- 2024
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN10
- 1805331558
- ISBN13
- 9781805331551
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Topics, Religion, Japan, Adapted for Film, Asia, India, Japanese Literature, Hinduism, Last Book by the Author
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- 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.