A small collection of Endo's short stories, Five is both haunting and captivating in its understanding of human nature. Reading through the stories, I'm reminded of Charles Taylor's concept of enchantment, especially as it relates to the characters in the story who encounter Christianity and are unable to "shake off" the Christian imagination. "Japanese in Warsaw" is a great example of Christ's "haunting."

Highly recommend to those who have not read Endo before but want a short introduction to his works. For those who've read Silence before, one of the stories builds off of Kichijiro's perspective and compares him to a contemporary Japanese.