Silence

"Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama." Irving Howe. -- The New York Times Review Of Books

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2009; Faith; Based on true events in 17th century Japan when Christianity has been outlawed and its practioners persecuted, 'Silence' follows Father Sebastian Rodriques fate as he illicitly enters Japan with Fr. Garrpe to try and keep the faith alive...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-24-2009; WARNING TO DEVOUT CATHOLICS; Endo is a great writer, but devout Catholics will want to avoid this book. Yes, at the time, Endo was reputedly a Catholic. At the end of his life, however, he was writing about reincarnation and Hinduism. And, at any rate, this is...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Apr-06-2009; Suffering and the silence of God; Where is God? God is silent. Endo gives a very realistic picture of the work of two missionary workers in Japan a long time ago. This is not a story of success, maybe a story of failure. It is about a priest who, faced with torture, ends...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Mar-26-2009; Powerful; Endo Shusaku gives a gripping view of Japan's early Edo period as seen through the eyes of Portuguese missionary Sebastian Rodrigues. Presenting triumphant courage and agonizing inhumanity, the reader is challenged to the convictions of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-29-2009; Faith; Based on true events in 17th century Japan when Christianity has been outlawed and its practioners persecuted, 'Silence' follows Father Sebastian Rodriques fate as he illicitly enters Japan with Fr. Garrpe to try and keep the faith alive...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-03-2006; Textbook-like writings on the persecution Catholics in Japan in the 1600's; In the 1600's, Portuguese priests Rodrigues and Garrpe sneak in to Japan to proselytize. Kichijiro, a Japanese Catholic, helps them find a village of Christians, to whom they provide religious instruction in secret. Although they split...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: May-24-2009; WARNING TO DEVOUT CATHOLICS; Endo is a great writer, but devout Catholics will want to avoid this book. Yes, at the time, Endo was reputedly a Catholic. At the end of his life, however, he was writing about reincarnation and Hinduism. And, at any rate, this is...; read full review | report as inappropriate