Song of Sadness: Volume 47

by Shūsaku Endō

Book Overview

Song of Sadness is a kind of sequel to Endō's acclaimed early work, The Sea and Poison. Set in the 1970s, the novel revisits Dr. Suguro, now in late middle age, running a modest clinic in Tokyo's vibrant, seedy Shinjuku district and trying to put behind him a haunting experience from World War II. Weaving together multiple story lines, Endō lays before the reader a cross-section of Tokyo in the 1970s: a vain university professor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 192928022X
• ISBN13: 9781929280223
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: U of M Center for Japanese Studies
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"