Samurai - Siusaku Endo

Susaku Endo, a classic of Japanese literature, winner of prestigious literary awards, not once nominated for the Nobel Prize, wrote his masterpiece at the intersection of literature of travels and literature of spiritual search. A historical novel on timeless topics - in a new translation into Russian. In the early 17th century, the petty samurai Rokuemon Hasekuru with Catholic missionaries and other samurai sent with an important task - to establish trade contacts with New Spain (Mexico). Hasekura is embarrassed that he, an uneducated and uneducated man, was entrusted with such a significant mission, promising to return the lands that once belonged to his family. Doubts do not leave Samurai in the journey. Will his segun and his assistants deceive him? Will he not be a victim of their treachery?