Silence : a novel / Shusaku Endo ; translated by William Johnston ; foreword by Martin Scorsese.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publisher: New York : Picador, 2017Copyright date: ©1969Edition: First Picador Modern Classics Movie Tie-in EditionDescription: xxii, 212 pages, 20 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781250082275Uniform titles: Chinmoku. English Subject(s): Missionaries -- Japan -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction.DDC classification: 895.6/35 LOC classification: PL849.N4 | A2 2016Summary: "Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times. 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."-- Provided by publisher.
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | ENDO (Browse shelf) | Available | 36465 |
"Originally published in Japanese under the title Chinmoku by Monumenta Nipponica" -- Title page verso.
"An expanded reading group guide included inside" -- back cover.
"Shusaku Endo's classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times. 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."-- Provided by publisher.
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