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Silence

Endō, Shūsaku 1923-1996 (author.). Johnston, William, 1925- (translator.). Scorsese, Martin, (writer of foreword.). Endō, Shūsaku 1923-1996 translation of: Chinmoku. English. (Added Author).

Summary: "It is 1640 and Father Sebastian Rodrigues, an idealistic Jesuit priest, sets sail for japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christian 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: to abandon his flock or his God."

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  • ISBN: 9781447299844 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: print
    266 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: London : Picador, [2016]

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General Note:
"Now a major film by Martin Scorsese"--Cover.
"This translation first published 1969 by Sophia University Press, Tokyo"--Title page verso.

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Genre: Historical fiction.

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Bowen Island Public Library F END (Text) 30947000506879 Fiction Volume hold Available -
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