Endo S. Dear Mr. Fool: A Novel. (Shusaku ENDO "OBAKA-SAN" 1959) Translation from Japanese - Felix Tumakhovich. M.: Eksmo Publishing House, 2005. - 319 [1] p. — (Collection XX+I).

The classic of Japanese literature of the 20th century, Shusaku Endo (1923-1996), is known to Russian readers primarily for his novels “Samurai” and “Silence.” “Dear Mr. Fool” (1959) is one of the writer’s main books, where the author’s Christian views, Japanese exoticism and a fairy tale for adults are fused together in a poignant and comic story about the adventures of Napoleon’s descendant in Tokyo. Graham Greene considered the book "an excellent guide to the Japanese way of life." Japanese "The Little Prince" - for the first time in Russian.