Portraits of a Mother Metaphysics and gives us all the

and gives us all the real-life tools we need

with an added dose of heartbreak along the way’

'Vivid and gripping

including bestseller The Sign and the Seal

Readers love DI James Walker:

Portraits of a Mother Metaphysics and gives us all theFrom 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