The Samurai - Shusaku Endo But after the murder of

But after the murder of its hated dictator

Translators: Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner

Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes

an unmoored wanderer

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

The Samurai - Shusaku Endo But after the murder ofIn 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