{"product_id":"silence-shusaku-endo-9781250082244","title":"Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShusaku Endo's \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003enow a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eSilence \u003c\/i\u003eI regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama.\"-\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeventeenth-century Japan: Two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to a country hostile to their religion, where feudal lords force the faithful to publicly renounce their beliefs. Eventually captured and forced to watch their Japanese Christian brothers lay down their lives for their faith, the priests bear witness to unimaginable cruelties that test their own beliefs. Shusaku Endo is one of the most celebrated and well-known Japanese fiction writers of the twentieth century, and \u003ci\u003eSilence \u003c\/i\u003eis widely considered to be his great masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shusaku Endo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250082242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250082244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015 pg. 57\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2015","brand":"Shusaku Endo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44054439821567,"sku":"9781250082244","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_956bccb9-e601-4903-9ab9-54f7c0ecdd2a.jpg?v=1685029984","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silence-shusaku-endo-9781250082244","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}