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I only feel comfortable rating this novel 3 stars because I enjoyed a few of his other novels so much more.  To be clear, there was nothing bad about it. It was a historical novel about the clash of religion and politics between Japan and Europe. There is much discussion…

This was a devastating novel. Not only was the female character a good character, but the way she is portrayed did not seem as unrealistic as it might have played out in a film or more conventional novel. The way Endo described the novel in his Afterward as a youthful…