Silence
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- Synopsis
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Silence is the story of a young Portuguese priest named Sebastian Rodrigues who travels to Japan from Macao to confirm the impossible news that his mentor, Father Christovao Ferreira has apostatized.
Rodrigues arrives in Japan, his trusting faith nourished by the memory of a treasured face of Christ, fullof "vigor and strength," an image that expresses the certainty of God's presence in his mission. But events quickly turn.
Rodrigues is disturbed by the simplistic faith he finds among peasant converts and stunned by the brutality of suffering they endure when discovered by their persecutors.
As he attempts to make his way to Nagasaki, avoiding the authorities, alternately guided and betrayed by a Judas-like figure named Kichijiro, his questions mount, and where once he had found certainty, he increasingly hears only silence.
God's silence continues when Rodrigues is captured and it is in this silence that his journey to Christ truly begins.
A New York Times Bestseller
- Copyright:
- 1969
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Good
- Book Size:
- 199 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780800871864
- Publisher:
- N/A
- Date of Addition:
- 03/14/07
- Copyrighted By:
- Monumenta Nipponica
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Charlotte Czarnecki
- Proofread By:
- RochC
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.