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Original Title:	スキャンダル [Sukyandaru]
ISBN:	0396093205 (ISBN13: 9780396093206)
Edition Language:	English

Scandal

Shūsaku Endō

Hardcover | Pages: 261 pages

Rating: 3.67 | 915 Users | 103 Reviews

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Title	:	Scandal
Author	:	Shūsaku Endō
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 261 pages
Published	:	August 1st 1988 by Dodd Mead (first published 1985)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Japan. Asian Literature. Japanese Literature. Literature

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Involves a famous Catholic writer whose comfortable life is shattered when a drunken woman crashes a reception in his honor, claiming that he frequents the red-light district of Tokyo and that his portrait is exhibited in a gallery there. The result: his reputation as a writer, his marriage, and his sense of identity all are placed at risk. A psychological thriller and a literary work of art which, as it subtly peels off layers of the dark side of human nature, grips and propels the reader.

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Ratings: 3.67 From 915 Users | 103 Reviews

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It is a compelling book, but I had no idea what to expect from it and in the end I felt stupid. Like I couldn't even understand what was going on. There were all these loose ends, and then I felt dejected for the abrupt end. I don't know if the translation from the Japanese language made it seem mediocre.

Noah Cross (John Huston) in Chinatown: "I don't blame myself. You see Mr Gitts (sic), most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and at the right place they're capable of ...anything."I have a weird habit of avoiding Shusaku Endo. I'm always finding his "Samurai" in used bookshops and never buying it. But that will all change now because I really enjoyed this.Aged Catholic writer (nobody say "the Japanese Graham Greene") is haunted by a lascivious doppelgänger. This

Endo doesn't give easy answers. This book explores the darker side of human nature, the side behind easy domestic life, beyond common decency, beneath worldly success. It may not be a pleasant book to read, as it doesn't gloss over the capacity for evil in a human being, but it is a book that will leave us thinking about just how authentic we are.

It could have had easily 5 stars...but I sense smth that drove me away from it...cannot say exactly what. I mean it is a very good book, no doubt about it, but smth seemed wrong to me... I guess the main question rising is how well we know who we are, how deep are we willing to go swim in in our unconsciousness...are we able to control it...is it a good thing to deny it? Are we whole if we deny it...Are we just beasts, after all, and the only thing that keeps us from falling apart are the moral

A 3.5-star book. I found reading this 9-chapter novel Scandal by Shusaku Endo more enjoyable than his Silence (Taplinger, 1980); this one has been translated by Van C. Gessel while the other by William Johnston. Im not sure if such translations from Japanese have had any significant effect on their readers understanding and reading motivation, I mean this should have had supportive evidence, probably, from some research degree projects. However, I think this is only a tentative idea, a tip of

Liked the novel. Did not lead me to love it. But that can not be taken as a minus. It is a great book dealing with a great theme.The Theme: Every man has a Mr. Hyde hiding inside his own personality. The man - every man/woman - is a combination of both Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. In common man's language the human being is a combination of both good and bad. Spiritually speaking we can say that every saint has a sinner residing in himself/herself.Seemingly a simple theme. But it is presented in an

Very similar in style to Kobo Abe in that both breach matters of personal identity, only the scale tips more towards Abe because Endo's Christianity is a little too in your face. It's almost gimmicky and frankly gets in the way of the story, but nevertheless this book almost anticipates the Asian horror movie invasion (The Eye/Abnormal Beauty) by about 10 years. Just leave the Bible at home next time.