Shusaku Endo

“I don't want to die in darkness any thicker than this. I want to bring some kind of resolution in my life.”

“True religion should be able to respond to the dark melodies, the faulty and hideous sounds that echo from the heart of men.”

“Over the years I have forged intimate familial ties with these characters, who are reflections of a portion of myself. Consequently, even a character who appeared only once in a short story waits now in the wings, concealed by the curtain, for his next appearance on-stage. Not one of them has ever b...”