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Deep River
Contributor(s): Endo, Shusaku (Author), Gessel, Van C. (Author), Gessel, Van C. (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0811212890     ISBN-13: 9780811212892
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
OUR PRICE: $23.70  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 1995
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Religious - General
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Cultural Heritage
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 94038913
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.8" W x 8.6" L (1.00 lbs) 222 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - Asian
Features: Dust Cover, Price on Product
Review Citations: Booklist 03/15/1995 pg. 1307
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/1995 pg. 89
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1995 pg. 76
LJ Best Books of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 48
Library Journal 02/15/1995 pg. 180
 
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Publisher 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.

Contributor Bio(s): Gessel, Van C.: - Van C. Gessel has published six translations of works by Endo.Endo, Shusaku: - Shusaku Endo (1923-1996) is widely regarded as one of the most important Japanese authors of the late twentieth century. He won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novel Silence was recently made into a major film directed by Martin Scorsese.
 
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