01814cam a2200409 i 4500 24596 24596 967722763 OCoLC 20190501234843.0 150928t20171969nyu 000 1 eng 9781250082275 (OCoLC)967722763 nmt eng jpn pcc PL849.N4 A2 2016 895.6/35 23 Endō, Shūsaku, 1923-1996, author. Chinmoku. English Silence : a novel / Shusaku Endo ; translated by William Johnston ; foreword by Martin Scorsese. First Picador Modern Classics Movie Tie-in Edition. New York : Picador, 2017. ©1969 xxii, 212 pages, 20 pages ; 21 cm. text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier "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. Missionaries Japan Fiction. Historical fiction. gsafd Johnston, William, 1955- translator. Scorsese, Martin, author of foreword. Picador modern classics. .b148517390 ddc BOOK ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2017-02-09 5 0 ENDO 36465 2025-08-01 2025-07-11 2017-02-09 BOOK