Silence A Novel
Silence A Novel by Shusaku Endo is a profound exploration of faith set in seventeenth-century Japan. Published by St. Martins Press-3PL on January 5, 2016, this media tie-in edition spans 212 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows two Portuguese Jesuit priests who journey to a land where their religion faces hostility. As they witness the persecution of Japanese Christians, they confront their own beliefs amid harrowing circumstances.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of historical and religious themes woven throughout the story. The novel delves into the complexities of faith and the moral dilemmas faced by the priests as they endure the trials of a society that demands public renunciation of belief. Silence engages with topics of religious conviction and the human spirit, making it a significant work within the realms of literary and world literature.
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Shusaku Endo’s New York Times bestselling classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times, now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver.
“Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama.”-The New York Review of Books
Seventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that test their own beliefs. Shusaku Endo is one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and Silence is widely considered to be his great masterpiece.
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