内藤裕可子、発売:いのちのことば社
◎「戦争と平和」歴史の真実!
戦時下の上海租界を舞台に、日本と中国のYMCA関係者が動いた和平工作があった。秘密裏に戦争を終わらせようとしたキリスト者たちの史実を基に、愛憎と罪を描く迫真の歴史ドラマ。
著者・訳者など:河西哲弥
ISBN:978-4-264-03479-7
クルパアヤマチ
Transgression
(Kurupa (Culpa))
Tetsuya Kasai
Fiction. Novel based on the true secret movement by Christians from the Japanese YMCA in the Shanghai Foreigners Settlement to try to end World War 2. They tried contacting Chinese YMCA members in the Chinese government to find a way to peace. They failed in that, but even in wartime, with spies all around, these Christian Japanese tried to help ordinary Chinese. One character is a Catholic believer who was in the Japanese secret police (kempei). His job was to arrest and torture Chinese resisters. He confesses (mea culpa) his sinful actions (ayamachi) in a dramatic scene. Powerful historical fiction based on fact describing the love, hatred and sins of that era. Shanghai YMCA History Committee. Distributed by Word of Life Press. Hardcover with dust jacket. B6* size, 352 pp.