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Silence

1966·294 pages

Historical Fiction

“In my opinion one of the finest novels of our time.”
— Graham Greene

Shusaku Endo is Japan's foremost novelist, and Silence is generally regarded to be his masterpiece. In a perfect fusion of treatment and theme, this powerful novel tells the story of a seventeenth-century Portuguese priest in Japan at the height of the fearful persecution of the small Christian community.

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Silence

Year

1966

Pages

294

Historical Fiction

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“In my opinion one of the finest novels of our time.”
— Graham Greene

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Shusaku Endo is Japan's foremost novelist, and Silence is generally regarded to be his masterpiece. In a perfect fusion of treatment and theme, this powerful novel tells the story of a seventeenth-century Portuguese priest in Japan at the height of the fearful persecution of the small Christian community.

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