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the ‘guys’ that the Santa Marta Association have taken responsibility for

Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes

Translators: Brian James Baer and Ellen Vayner

as day by day Santiago edges closer to freedom

an unmoored wanderer

The Samurai - Shusaku Endo the ‘guys’ that the SantaIn 17th century Japan, a diplomatic mission sets sail for the West. Among those facing the combined perils of the sea and foreign courts are ambitious Spanish missionary Pedro Velasco, and Hasekura Rokuemon, a disregarded samurai determined to recover his family's standing. They travel to Mexico City, Rome and back but Japan's new rulers are persecuting Christians, and if the men survive the journey, they may not survive their homecoming. This true