Wonderful fool - Hardcover
Here we meet the gentle, self-sacrificing French youth, Gaston Bonaparte, a descendent of Napoleon. His trusting love of both people and animals makes all who meet him change their lives for the better. Gaston's adventures in modern Japan are presented as a kind of fable, yet, with complete realism and keen social satire. A Peter Owen Modern Classics.
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Shusaku Endo is widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese authors of the late 20th century. He has won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novels, which have been translated into 28 languages, include Deep River, The Samurai, Scandal, The Sea and Poison, and Silence.
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Text: English, Japanese (translation)
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- PublisherOwen
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0720604923
- ISBN 13 9780720604924
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages237
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Wonderful Fool. A writer of towering talent- Sunday Telegraph.
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