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100 1 a| Endō, Shūsaku,d| 1923-1996e| author.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJvtdhDxFj7HBQvrB9RHYP=| ^A115051;

245 10 a| Portraits of a mother :b| a novella and stories /c| Shūsaku Endō ; translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel ; foreword by Caryl Phillips.;

264 1 a| New Haven ;a| London :b| Yale University Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xiv, 205 pages ;c| 20 cm.;

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490 1 a| The Margellos world republic of letters book;

500 a| Selection of novellas and stories translated in this volume was originally published in Japanese in various publications.;

505 0 a| Foreword / Caryl Phillips -- Mothers -- A six-day trip -- Spring in Galilee -- A fairy tale -- Shadows -- Confronting the shadows.;

520 a| "Confronting the Shadows, the semiautobiographical novella discovered at the Endō Museum in Nagasaki in 2020, is Endō's most personal work and the interpretive key to his entire oeuvre. It tells the story of Suguro, an aspiring novelist who was separated from his mother after his parents' divorce. Desperate to understand the woman his mother was, he sets out to retrace her footsteps, only to find himself face to face with his own demons. Accompanying the novella are five stories, each disclosing the intricacies of the sacred feminine and the apprehensions and joys of familial love. Endō once again beams bright light into the hidden corners of the human heart in this remarkable new collection." --c| Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| Motherhoodv| Fiction.=| ^A611578;

650 6 a| Maternitév| Romans, nouvelles, etc.;

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700 1 a| Gessel, Van C.e| translator.1| https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtrTwxdmHQVT8kjRcWbh3=| ^A210273;

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Portraits of a mother : a novella and stories / Shūsaku Endō ; translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel ; foreword by Caryl Phillips.

Author/creator	Endō, Shūsaku author.
Other author	Gessel, Van C. translator.
Other author	Phillips, Caryl writer of foreword.
Format	Book
Publication	New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2025]
Copyright Date	©2025
Description	xiv, 205 pages ; 20 cm.
Subjects	Motherhood--Fiction. Maternité--Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Series	The Margellos world republic of letters book Margellos world republic of letters book. ^A1054502
Contents	Foreword / Caryl Phillips -- Mothers -- A six-day trip -- Spring in Galilee -- A fairy tale -- Shadows -- Confronting the shadows.
Abstract	"Confronting the Shadows, the semiautobiographical novella discovered at the Endō Museum in Nagasaki in 2020, is Endō's most personal work and the interpretive key to his entire oeuvre. It tells the story of Suguro, an aspiring novelist who was separated from his mother after his parents' divorce. Desperate to understand the woman his mother was, he sets out to retrace her footsteps, only to find himself face to face with his own demons. Accompanying the novella are five stories, each disclosing the intricacies of the sacred feminine and the apprehensions and joys of familial love. Endō once again beams bright light into the hidden corners of the human heart in this remarkable new collection." -- Provided by publisher.
General note	Selection of novellas and stories translated in this volume was originally published in Japanese in various publications.
Genre/form	novellas.
Genre/form	Novellas.
Genre/form	Novellas.
ISBN	9780300279436 (paperback : alk. paper)
ISBN	0300279434 (paperback : alk. paper)

Portraits of a mother : a novella and stories / Shūsaku Endō ; translated from the Japanese by Van C. Gessel ; foreword by Caryl Phillips.

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