{"product_id":"approaching-silence-mark-dennis-9781623569839","title":"Approaching Silence: New Perspectives on Shusaku Endo's Classic Novel","description":"Shusaku Endo is celebrated as one of Japan's great modern novelists, often described as \"Japan's Graham Greene,\" and \u003ci\u003eSilence \u003c\/i\u003eis considered by many Japanese and Western literary critics to be his masterpiece. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eApproaching Silence\u003c\/i\u003e is both a celebration of this award-winning novel as well as a significant contribution to the growing body of work on literature and religion. It features eminent scholars writing from Christian, Buddhist, literary, and historical perspectives, taking up, for example, the uneasy alliance between faith and doubt; the complexities of discipleship and martyrdom; the face of Christ; and, the bodhisattva ideal as well as the nature of suffering. It also frames \u003ci\u003eSilence\u003c\/i\u003e through a wider lens, comparing it to Endo's other works as well as to the fiction of other authors. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eApproaching Silence\u003c\/i\u003e promises to deepen academic appreciation for Endo, within and beyond the West.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes an Afterword by Martin Scorsese on adapting \u003ci\u003eSilence \u003c\/i\u003efor the screen as well as the full text of Steven Dietz's play adaptation of Endo's novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Scorsese\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623569834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623569839\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20d","brand":"Martin Scorsese","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125074194687,"sku":"9781623569839","price":47.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_10c0c4c5-807a-4abb-98ee-dc408331185a.jpg?v=1687440490","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/approaching-silence-mark-dennis-9781623569839","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}