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Now a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Liam Neeson, Adam Driver and Andrew Garfield. With an introduction by Martin Scorsese 'One of the finest historical novels written by anyone, anywhere . . . Flawless' - David Mitchell Father Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians and to discover the truth behind unthinkable rumours that his famous teacher Ferreira has renounced his faith. Once faced with the realities of religious persecution Rodrigues himself is forced to make an impossible choice: whether to abandon his flock or his God. Winner of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize, Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed novel and a classic of its genre. It caused major controversy in Japan following its publication in 1967.

Nascuta in zgomotosul New York, Aurelia isi gaseste un camin in tara ciresilor in floare, slujind-o pe fiica maestrului Shin, Yukako. Suntem la inceputul erei Meiji: Japonia traditionala se intoarce spre Occident, iar arta straveche a ceaiului este amenintata: pana si culoarea si croiul unui kimono pot fi un gest de nesupunere, iar pavilioanele si gradinile japoneze sunt nimicite. Aurelia si Yukako vor trebui sa lupte pentru ca lumea lor sa supravietuiasca, iar destinul le va pune in fata alegerii intre datorie si iubire.

„Tacere este unul dintre cele mai frumoase romane istorice scrise vreodata... Pur si simplu fara cusur.” (The Washington Post)