Silence
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"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 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. Shusaku Endo is one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and Silence is widely considered to be his great masterpiece.
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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
Description
"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 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. Shusaku Endo is one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and Silence is widely considered to be his great masterpiece.
Book Information
Posts
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