Silence

Silence

Softcover
3.89
KlassikerMartin ScorceseChristenverfolgung

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Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Purtuguese missionary in Japan administers to the outlawed Christians until Japanese authorities capture him and force him to watch the torture of his followers, promising to stop if he will renounce Christ.

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Softcover
Pages
201
Price
19.92 €

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While Japanese authors are known for toned down writing, this managed to tranport emotions really well. It is easy to fully understand the views, believes and feelings of the characters, especially the priest protagonist, even if culture, time and religion seperates me from them. Also, in regards to all of these aspects, it feels authentic. I head never before heard about these historic events and while they are presented, obviously, as horrible, there is some complexity in the details

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