The Samurai - Shusaku Endo an unmoored wanderer

an unmoored wanderer

In the distant future

jaded by reading far too many crackpot manuscripts on the mystic and the occult

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s unforgettable debut novel follows three generations torn apart by the genocide against the Tutsis

” she is abruptly kidnapped and taken to a small town in West Germany

The Samurai - Shusaku Endo an unmoored wandererIn 17th century Japan, a diplomatic mission sets sail for the West. Among those facing the combined perils of the sea and foreign courts are ambitious Spanish missionary Pedro Velasco, and Hasekura Rokuemon, a disregarded samurai determined to recover his family's standing. They travel to Mexico City, Rome and back but Japan's new rulers are persecuting Christians, and if the men survive the journey, they may not survive their homecoming. This true