Silence by Shusaku Endo
Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth, in a place which you do not know and which your whole lives through you will never visit.
It is 1640 and Father Sebastian Rodrigues, an idealistic Jesuit priest, sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there. He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor, rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture. Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered, but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan and then into the hands of those who would crush his faith, he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God.
About the Author
Shusaku Endo is widely regarded as one of the greatest Japanese authors of the late twentieth century. Born in 1923, he won many major literary awards and was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times. His novels, which have been translated into twenty-eight languages, include The Sea and Poison, Wonderful Fool, Deep River and Silence. He died in 1996.
Format: Paperback | 320 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.6 x 12.8 x 1.9 | 242g
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2015
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Picador
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Edition Number: 1
ISBN10: 144729985X
ISBN13: 9781447299851
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including creasing on the front cover, and very minor scuff marks on the back cover, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing, but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text and no writing in margins. No missing pages.