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Silence / by Shusaku Endo ; translated by William Johnston.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Publication details: New York [N.Y.] : Taplinger Pub. Co., 1980, c1969.Description: xviii, 201 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780800871864 :
  • 0800871863
Uniform titles:
  • Chinmoku. English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PZ4.E563 Si 1979 PL849.N4
Summary: Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Portuguese missionary in Japan ministers to the outlawed Christians until Japanese authorities capture him and force him to watch the torture of his followers, promising to stop if he will renounce Christ.Summary: The story of a seventeenth-century Portuguese priest in Japan at the height of the persecution of the Christian community.
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Sustained by dreams of glorious martyrdom, a seventeenth-century Portuguese missionary in Japan ministers to the outlawed Christians until Japanese authorities capture him and force him to watch the torture of his followers, promising to stop if he will renounce Christ.

The story of a seventeenth-century Portuguese priest in Japan at the height of the persecution of the Christian community.

Translation of: Chinmoku.

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