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End¶ Sh¼saku : A Literature of Reconciliation - Mark B. Williams

End¶ Sh¼saku

A Literature of Reconciliation

By: Mark B. Williams

Hardcover | 15 April 1999 | Edition Number 1

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End/ Shnsaku is probably the most widely translated of all Japanese authors. In this first major study of End/'s works, Mark Williams moves the discussion on from the well-worn depictions of End/ as the 'Japanese Graham Greene', and places him in his own political and cultural context. Through a discussion covering all End/'s major novels, the picture painted by Williams is of an author building on his native Japanese tradition in pursuit of a more universal literary portrayal of the individual engaged in his, or her, unique 'process of individuation'. Bringing to light the enduring legacy of an author who has contributed as much as any Japanese writer of his generation to an unmasking of the unsustainability of talk of an 'East-West divide', this volume will be of great interest to all those interested in Japanese literature.
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"In this book, Mark Williams takes the first focused look in English at the complex and challenging oeuvre of Endo Shusaku, one of the most important of contemporary Japanese novelists. Williams rejects the facile notion that Endo started out skeptical about the possible spiritual meeting of East and West and replaces it with a sophisticated, compelling argument for a process of reconciliation between opposites that is at the core of much of Endo's writing. I find this a refreshing, engaging, and persuasive argument that will allow a new level of understanding of this superb author's work." -Van C. Gessel, Dean, College of Humanities and Professor of Japanese, Brigham Young University

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