Wonderful Fool
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In post-war Tokyo, a bumbling, oversized Frenchman named Gaston Bonaparte arrives in Japan — the great-great-nephew of Napoleon himself — armed with nothing but an open heart and an unshakeable faith in human goodness, and promptly turns the lives of everyone around him upside down. Wonderful Fool, translated from the Japanese by Francis Mathy, chronicles Gaston's comic yet profoundly moving journey through the underbelly of Japanese society, as his naive and saintly nature brings him into contact with petty criminals, social outcasts, and a culture rigidly defined by propriety and self-interest. Shusaku Endo, one of Japan's most celebrated and internationally recognised novelists, crafts a piercing parable about innocence, grace, and the redemptive power of unconditional love — themes that resonate deeply with his lifelong engagement with Christian faith within a non-Christian society. Written with characteristic warmth and biting irony, the novel stands as one of Endo's most beloved works, effortlessly blending social satire with spiritual inquiry. Can a single, guileless soul truly change the world around him, or will the world simply consume him?
Author: Shusaku Endo
Format: Paperback
Published: 1984, Charles E. Tuttle Company
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In post-war Tokyo, a bumbling, oversized Frenchman named Gaston Bonaparte arrives in Japan — the great-great-nephew of Napoleon himself — armed with nothing but an open heart and an unshakeable faith in human goodness, and promptly turns the lives of everyone around him upside down. Wonderful Fool, translated from the Japanese by Francis Mathy, chronicles Gaston's comic yet profoundly moving journey through the underbelly of Japanese society, as his naive and saintly nature brings him into contact with petty criminals, social outcasts, and a culture rigidly defined by propriety and self-interest. Shusaku Endo, one of Japan's most celebrated and internationally recognised novelists, crafts a piercing parable about innocence, grace, and the redemptive power of unconditional love — themes that resonate deeply with his lifelong engagement with Christian faith within a non-Christian society. Written with characteristic warmth and biting irony, the novel stands as one of Endo's most beloved works, effortlessly blending social satire with spiritual inquiry. Can a single, guileless soul truly change the world around him, or will the world simply consume him?