
Ocho millones de dioses
PRH/Suma, 2019 | Eight Million Gods
Translations
Italy, Piemme; Romania, Lebada Neagra
Synopsis
OCHO MILLONES DE DIOSES is THE NAME OF THE ROSE set in 16th century feudal Japan, starring an old Jesuit and a young samurai.
Spain,1579. Father Martín Ayala, a scholar at the renowned Toledo school of translators, receives an unexpected letter from Rome. It has been thirty years since he was last in Japan, but now he must go back to investigate an attack on Christendom in that distant part of the world. Monks are being systematically targeted in a series of cruel, ritualistic murders. Ayala, who learned the language and customs of Japan on the first Jesuit mission, seems the obvious choice to lead the enquiry.
Japan, Year 7 of the Tenshō era. Kudō Kenjirō, son of a rural Samurai from Anotsu, is given an unenviable task. He is to accompany the foreigner who has come to investigate a number of mysterious crimes. Kenjirō soon discovers the job is not as straightforward as it first appeared; dark forces conspire to hamper the visitor’s endeavours. Keeping the Jesuit priest alive becomes a duty that not only threatens Kenjirō’s honour, but the survival of his family. Any failure on his part would have devastating consequences for them all.
Hailing from very different worlds but thrown together by fate, Ayala and Kenjirō must travel through a country torn apart by war and conspiracy. Their mission is fundamental not only to the survival of Christianity in Japan, but the very future of the country.
MB Authors
- Pepa AGUAR
- Pablo ARANDA
- Juan Luis ARSUAGA
- Manuel ASTUR
- Flavita BANANA
- Joan BARRIL
- Nuria BARRIOS
- María BASTARÓS
- Felipe BENÍTEZ REYES
- Joan-Daniel BEZSONOFF
- BLACKIE BOOKS
- Joana BONET
- Juan BONILLA
- Emilio BUESO
- Leonardo CANO
- Pablo CARBONELL
- Martín CASARIEGO
- Nicolás CASARIEGO
- Paula CIFUENTES
- Juan CUADRA
- Mario CUENCA SANDOVAL
- Malén DENÍS
- Elizabeth DUVAL
- Maria ESCALAS
- Cristina FALLARÁS
- Eneko FERNÁNDEZ
- Laura FERRERO
- Josep Maria FONALLERAS
- Albert FORNS CANAL
- Miguel GALLARDO
- Olivia GALLO
- Xenia GARCÍA
- Ignacio GARCÍA-VALIÑO
- José A. GARRIGA VELA
- David B. GIL
- Santi GIMÉNEZ
- Marcos GIRALT TORRENTE
- Enric GONZÁLEZ
- Ismael GRASA
- Javier GUTIÉRREZ
- Luci GUTIÉRREZ
- Najat El HACHMI
- Alicia KOPF
- Use LAHOZ
- Lucía LIJTMAER
- Shaina Joy MACHLUS
- Ignacio MARTÍNEZ DE PISóN
- Ramon MAS
- Ana MERINO
- Luna MIGUEL
- Amarna MILLER
- Miquel OBIOLS
- Bruno ORO
- Miqui OTERO
- Anna PACHECO
- Vicenç PAGÈS JORDÀ
- Enric PARDO
- Concepción PEREA
- Juan Manuel DE PRADA
- Jordi PUNTÍ
- Llucia RAMIS
- Antonio J. RODRÍGUEZ
- Félix ROMEO
- Carmen ROMERO
- Xavier RUBERT DE VENTÓS
- Gemma RUIZ
- Juanjo SÁEZ
- Gabriel SALVADÓ
- Màrius SERRA
- Rubén SERRANO
- Ramon SOLSONA
- José Miguel TOMASENA
- David TRUEBA
- Juan VICO
- Enrique VILA-MATAS
- Rosario VILLAJOS
- Rolando VILLAZÓN
- Pedro ZARRALUKI