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Silence Full Book Summary. Shūsaku Endō’s Silence takes place in Japan during the 1600s, shortly after the Japanese government suppressed the Shimabara Rebellion, in which Christian Japanese peasants rebelled against the government’s heavy persecution. After the rebellion’s defeat, many Catholics went underground, continuing to practice ...
Overview. Silence by Japanese novelist Shūsaku Endō is a historical novel set in 17th-century Japan following the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion, when Christians had to go underground to avoid heavy persecution by Japan’s feudal lords. Two Portuguese Jesuit missionaries travel to Japan, where they witness horrible tortures that make them ...
Full Book Analysis. The novel Silence opens with a prologue that describes the historical, religious, and social background of the novel. The setting is Japan in the 1600s, shortly after the Shimabara Rebellion, in which Christian peasants revolted against the government for heavy persecution. European Christian missionaries had enjoyed an ...
By Alice Munro, first published in The New Yorker. After her college-aged daughter vanishes without saying goodbye, a former Canadian news anchor must rebuild her life. She reckons with her past choices, both personal and professional, which prove to be more than she bargained for. Juliet, a local news anchor, is small-time famous. When she ...
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Aug 23, 2016 · Silence by Shusaku Endo [A Review] Silence is considered to be one of the great novels of the twentieth century. A story of religious persecution in seventeenth-century feudal Japan told by an idealist Jesuit priest. It is a fable of idealism and its victims, of suffering and cruelty, of betrayal, disillusionment and ultimate sacrifice.
Dec 21, 2016 · The strongest, clearest way to understand the story of Silence is through the character of Rodrigues, because his arc hangs on a double thread: that of his role as a European missionary in Japan ...
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Apr 29, 2022 · The stories and experiences narrated in this book were so convincing. I never thought silence was so powerful. ... My heart and soul felt good after reading this book—a great read for all those ...
