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Now a major film.With an introduction by Martin ScorseseFather Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians and to discover the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith. Once faced with the realities of religious persecution Rodrigues himself is forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God.Winner of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its genre. It caused major controversy in Japan following its publication in 1967.
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Silence, Endō Shūsaku, Martin Scorsese
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- Released
- 2016
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- Title
- Silence
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Endō Shūsaku, Martin Scorsese
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN10
- 1447299841
- ISBN13
- 9781447299844
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious Topics, Classics, Christian Themes, Murders, Death, Japan, Adapted for Film, Violence, Japanese Literature, Loss, Escape, Betrayal, Resistance, Missions and Missionaries, Oppression, Christian East, Persecution of Christians, Shogunate
- First published
- 1966
- Original title
- Čimmoku – 沈黙
- Rating
- 4.15 out of 5
- Description
- Now a major film.With an introduction by Martin ScorseseFather Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians and to discover the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith. Once faced with the realities of religious persecution Rodrigues himself is forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God.Winner of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its genre. It caused major controversy in Japan following its publication in 1967.