- Paperback: 201 pages
- Publisher: Taplinger Publishing,N.Y.; Reprint edition (31 Dec 1980)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0800871863
- ISBN-13: 978-0800871864
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 350,379 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Silence I regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama." Irving Howe. -- The New York Times Review Of Books
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the finest books I have ever read.
The language and writing is so tight and powerful, the story and inspiration so thought-provoking, even for a confirmed atheist.
Next to Mishima's Sea of Fertility in a league of 20C Japanese literature. High praise...
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I first read this book in 1993. I was very deeply touched and have read it again from time to time since. The thinking behind the story is profound and the understanding of the Cross and Passion of Christ and the call to us to join in the vulnerability of Christ's own continuing mission to the world is very moving indeed.
As the pages fly by the unflinching, devastating exposure of everyman's own pride and incomplete understanding is sublime in its simplicity and gentleness.
How many ways can I laud this book and urge you to read it?
The early pages are a good read - a good yarn. The middle pages provocative, harrowing, hypnotic. The end pages leave one reeling before a mystery that rattles one's foundations.
As the pages fly by the unflinching, devastating exposure of everyman's own pride and incomplete understanding is sublime in its simplicity and gentleness.
How many ways can I laud this book and urge you to read it?
The early pages are a good read - a good yarn. The middle pages provocative, harrowing, hypnotic. The end pages leave one reeling before a mystery that rattles one's foundations.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Silence is probably the best book I have ever read. I simply cannot think of anything else I have encountered that tops it. The story tells of Portuguese priest attempting to preach Christianity in Japan during a terrifying persecution.
Silence asks the question how can God remain silent while his servants are being tortured and killed? This theme runs through the book and by the penultimate chapter you think know how the story will end, an ending which is better than most books can manage. The tale then twists again and what happens at the very end is one of the most profound and disturbing conclusions of any book written on the Christian theme.
In a way the book is similar to Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" but Endo puts his characters through much more and as a result the central theme has more resonance. As much as I like "The Power and the Glory" it is inferior to Silence. Silence will make you sweat like a great horror novel and will leave its mark like the greatest literature.
This is possible one of the greatest books ever written with a Christian theme.
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Not life changing, though quite good
I normally don't read this type of book and I was positively surprised. Prior to "Silence" I read three or four religious fiction books, and all were without flavor, may you say. Read more
Published 17 months ago by ManInsideTheHelm
Japanese Classic
Book arrived in the condition described and within the delivery time estimated would order from this company again.
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by J. Allan
Silence is golden.
Silence
'You make yourself more important than them. You are preoccupied with your own salvation. Read more
'You make yourself more important than them. You are preoccupied with your own salvation. Read more
Published on 9 Oct 2008 by A. J. Ransom
Thought provoking, but great??
This is a very well written book and perhaps three stars is a little harsh, but everything I had read about this book wetted my appetite and possibly built it up too much in my... Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2008 by JB Villarroel
Beautifully written, a pleasure to read...
Endo's book is a beautifully written novel on the exploits of Catholic Priests in Japan during the 17th Century when Japan was in a state of Christian persecution and Priests and... Read more
Published on 4 July 2002 by "williamd216"
If God exists, why does he remain silent when evil abounds?
Father Sebastian Rodrigues and two other Portuguese missionary priests ignore the advice of their superiors and illicitly enter a hostile Japan. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2001
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