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(★)(Titulo original : 深い河 [Fukai Kawa], Translated by Van C. Gessel)(´NI-0324´es mismo libro.)(´Deep River´ is one of Shusaku Endo´s most powerful works, culminating in his ultimate religious vision, with new insights into Christianity and its meaning to the Japanese. Five ordinary Japanese --each on a spiritual quest-- gather on the banks of the Ganges in India. Isobe, jarred by the death of the wife he barely noticed during her lifetime, is searching for proof of her reincarnation. Kiguchi, a survivor of the horrific jungle fighting in Burma during World War II, wishes to bring peace to the souls of his war comrades. Numada, recovering from illness, is an author of children´s books about animals and nature who seeks communion with nature. The beautiful --but often cruel-- Mitsuko has come searching once again for Otsu, the pious Christian believer she first seduced during their college days. Once again she will try to separate him from his God. Leading the tour is Enami, a young man torn between his own feelings for India and his compassion for his troubled countrymen. Endo ruthlessly probes the moral dilemmas facing each and paints a vivid picture of the river and its deep significance to the Indian culture --and its surprising effect on the five tourists as they seek the meaning of life and love in the flow of the Ganges.／ ◆Shusaku Endo (1923-1996), was one of the most popular of the great twentieth-century Japanese writers. Influenced heavily by his Catholic beliefs, his writing focuses on moral issues in society and the individual.／ Born in Tokyo and raised in early childhood in the Japanese colony of Manchuoko, he returned to Japan with his divorced mother when he was ten to live with his mother´s Roman Catholic sister in Kobe.／ He graduated with a degree in French literature from Keio University and spent several years studying in Lyons on a scholarship from the Japanese government. Often called ´the Japanese Graham Greene´, he is the recipient of many outstanding literary awards, including the Akutagawa, the Mainichi Cultural, the Shincho, and the Tanizaki prizes. His various works include ´Foreign Studies´, ´The Final Martyrs´, ´Stained Glass Elegies´ and ´Silence´.) |
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