Silence Book Shusaku Endo. Silence by Shusaku Endo, Paperback Book. Introduction by Martin Scorsese 9781447299844 eBay Silence (Japanese: 沈黙, Hepburn: Chinmoku) is a 1966 novel of theological and historical fiction by Japanese author Shūsaku Endō.It tells the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to 17th-century Japan, who endures persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan ("Hidden Christians") that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion.The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, it has been called. " 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.
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Publication date 1980 Topics Christians Publisher New York : Taplinger Pub Shūsaku Endō's Silence takes place in Japan during the 1600s, shortly after the Japanese government suppressed the Shimabara Rebellion, in which Christian Japanese peasants rebelled against the government's heavy persecution.After the rebellion's defeat, many Catholics went underground, continuing to practice their religion in secrecy
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In 17th-century Portugal, the Roman Catholic Church learns that Father Ferreira, a highly-respected missionary who has worked in Japan for over 20 years, has somehow been made to commit apostasy, renouncing Christianity by stamping his foot on a picture of Jesus Christ Publication date 1980 Topics Christians Publisher New York : Taplinger Pub Silence (1966) by Shusaku Endo Book Review by Mary P
Silence by Shusaku Endo, translated by William Johnstone Johnstone, Hobbies and interests. My friend, Carol, recommended this book to me awhile back and I've had it sitting on my bookshelf. Silence (1966) by Shusaku Endo Book Review by Mary P
Silence by Shusaku Endo, Hobbies & Toys, Books & Magazines, Fiction & NonFiction on Carousell. Publication date 1980 Topics Christians Publisher New York : Taplinger Pub "Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama."-The New York Review of BooksSeventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their.