Portraits of a Mother Poison Ivy Through asking us to consider

Through asking us to consider our pasts

‘An exceptional

He lives a little differently now

escaping the train doesn’t mean they’ve escaped the danger

he felt compelled to write

Portraits of a Mother Poison Ivy Through asking us to considerFrom beloved Japanese author Shusaku Endo, a newly discovered novella and five short stories of love, grief, and maternal longing Shusaku Endo, widely considered one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, is known for his historical novels, which masterfully probe the encounters between the cultures and religions of East and West from a Japanese Catholic perspective. A salient and curious theme in his work is the unique image of a maternal