9780800880323 | Taplinger Pub Co, December 1, 1984, cover price $8.95 |
About this edition: Jinpei Suda, a volcanologist, and Durand, a defrocked Catholic priest, both become obsessed with Akadake, a long quiescent volcano, disagreeing on the question of whether the volcano will soon erupt, a question that rules both their lives
9780720614305 | Reprint edition (Peter Owen Ltd, March 1, 2012), cover price $14.95 |
About this edition: From the author of Silence, this powerful novel of ideas is also a sensitive and moving depiction of the trials of old age, set in the central region of Japan With two masterly portraits of two men who have lived their lives—both physically and metaphorically—under the shadow of the Akadeke volcano, this crucial work in Endo's oeuvre charts the conflicts between them, which have explosive results.
9780340530856 | Texas Bookman, March 1, 1996, cover price $2.98 |
About this edition: This novel is by the author of "The Sea and Poison", "Wonderful Fool", "Science", "When I Whistle", "The Samurai" and "Stained Glass Elegies".