The Samurai - Shusaku Endo Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s unforgettable debut

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

an unmoored wanderer

written between the late sixties and the present day

Translators: Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner

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

The Samurai - Shusaku Endo Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse’s unforgettable debutIn 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