Title The samurai : a novel / Shusaku Endo ; translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department	FICTION ENDO	Check Shelf
Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials	ENDO, SHUSAKU	Check Shelf

Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Description	272 pages ; 22 cm
Note	Translation of: Samurai.
	Reprint. Originally published: London : Peter Owen, 1982.
Summary	In the 17th century, a Japanese trade delegation travels to Mexico accompanied by Father Velasco, a Franciscan missionary acting as interpreter. On the way he converts them, using the argument that this will assure the success of their mission. It doesn't and on their return to Japan they are persecuted for their new faith.
Subject	Japan -- Fiction.
	Samurai -- Fiction.
	Hasekura, Tsunenaga, 1571-1622 -- Fiction.
	Hasekura, Tsunenaga, 1571-1622. (OCoLC)fst00093958
	Samurai. (OCoLC)fst01104697
	Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
Genre/Form	Samurai fiction. (OCoLC)fst01941311
	Samurai fiction.
	Novels.
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	Novels. (OCoLC)fst01921742
Added Title	Samurai. English
Other Form:	Online version: Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996. Samurai. English. Samurai. 1st U.S. ed. New York, N.Y. : Harper & Row : Kodansha International, ©1982 (OCoLC)987857499
ISBN	0068598526 (Harper & Row)

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