Portraits of a Mother

A Novella and Stories

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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From beloved Japanese author Shūsaku Endō, a newly discovered novella and five short stories of love, grief, and maternal longing Shūsaku Endō, widely considered one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, is known for his historical novels, which masterfully probe the encounters between the cultures and religions of East and West from a Japanese Catholic perspective. A salient and curious theme in his work is the unique image of a maternal God, and a concomitant sense of loss and longing for maternal love. Confronting the Shadows, the semiautobiographical novella discovered at the Endō Museum in Nagasaki in 2020, is Endō’s most personal work and the interpretive key to his entire oeuvre. It tells the story of Suguro, an aspiring novelist who was separated from his mother after his parents’ divorce. Desperate to understand the woman his mother was, he sets out to retrace her footsteps, only to find himself face to face with his own demons. Accompanying the novella are five stories, each disclosing the intricacies of the sacred feminine and the apprehensions and joys of familial love. Endō once again beams bright light into the hidden corners of the human heart in this remarkable new collection.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-04-22
Mått127 x 197 x 17 mm
Vikt224 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieMargellos World Republic of Letters
Antal sidor224
FörlagYale University Press
MedarbetarePhillips,Caryl
ISBN9780300279436
ÖversättareGessel, Van C., Gessel, van C

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“Offers not only a fascinating insight into the mind of a religious outsider, but also more generally into the guilt associated with religious doubt.”—Christopher Corker, Asian Review of Books“Superbly rendered in English by Gessel. . . . This lost text provides a rather personal account of the writer’s youth and family, with his mother, a shadowy figure in many of his longer works, being brought into clearer focus.”—Tony Malone, Tony’s Reading List“Endō’s stories shift our focus from the self to the Mother—not just the individual woman, but all that she symbolizes: memory, origin, identity, and the Church. Suspended above time and above culture, this communion requires the contemplative gaze. This new collection from Endō invites us to sit, to stare, and to know.”—G.W. Currier, Englewood Review of Books“To pass by these stories, whether or not you’re an Endō aficionado, is to miss a chance to witness the concentrated force of his obsessions and sometimes harsh perspective. . . . With Endō, it’s all about religious faith, morality, and individual responsibility.”—Ron Slate, On the Seawall“[Confronting the Shadows is] not juvenilia from the start of Endō’s career, or a wistful late autumnal flourish. This is a writer working at the height of his powers.”—from the foreword by Caryl Phillips Praise for Shūsaku Endō:“[Endō is] a master of the interior monologue”—New York Times Book Review“A writer of rare perception and disquieting honesty."—Evening Standard“One of Japan’s greatest twentieth-century writers.”—Publishers Weekly"I think about Silence, and Endō’s work more generally, all the time."―Phil Klay, author of Redeployment and Winner of the 2014 National Book Award"Endō is to my mind one of the finest living novelists."―Graham Greene, author of The Power and the Glory“A masterly historical writer.”—David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas"Endō is a consummate writer who, as a master photographer, brings intense sentiment, character, and movement out of the subtle light and shadows that he focuses around his subject.”―Choice