{"product_id":"9781805330783","title":"Silence","description":"\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJesuit priest Sebastian Rodrigues sets sail for Japan in 1640, full of idealistic fire. But the cold land he arrives in has no place for missionaries: the Tokugawa shogunate has banned Christianity, and believers face torture and execution. Living in hiding, leading worship in secret, Rodrigues begins to question the true meaning of compassion - and the limits of his own belief.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis stunning work of historical fiction - introduced by Martin Scorsese, who adapted it into a film - is one of literature's deepest explorations of doubt, fellowship, and enduring faith.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTranslated by William Johnston.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShusaku Endo (1923-1996) was one of the greatest novelists of postwar Japan. Baptised as a Roman Catholic as a child, his work explores the relationship between East and West from his unique perspective as a Japanese Christian. Endo won the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Literary Prize, was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times, and received an Order of Culture from the Japanese government. Among his other novels are \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDeep River\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Samurai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Sea and Poison\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, all published by Pushkin Press.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574301823222,"sku":"9781805330783","price":79.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/71vlWc-yEIL._SL1500.jpg?v=1777883928","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9781805330783","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}