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Silence and Beauty
- Hidden Faith Born of Suffering
- Narrated by: Ova Saopeng
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
In this world of pain and suffering, God often seems silent. But light is yet present in darkness, and silence speaks with hidden beauty and truth.
Shusaku Endo's novel Silence, first published in 1966, endures as one of the greatest works of 20th-century Japanese literature. Its narrative of the persecution of Christians in 17th-century Japan raises uncomfortable questions about God and the ambiguity of faith in the midst of suffering and hostility.
Endo's Silence took visual artist Makoto Fujimura on a pilgrimage of grappling with the nature of art, the significance of pain, and his own cultural heritage. His artistic faith journey overlaps with Endo's as he uncovers deep layers of meaning in Japanese history and literature, expressed in art both past and present. He finds connections to how faith is lived amid trauma and glimpses of how the Gospel is conveyed in Christ-hidden cultures.
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- Curlyclare61
- 27-04-23
Beautiful work obscured/destroyed by narration
Had to return this after enduring multiple mispronunciations and, worst of all, such a leaden reading of the text as if the narrator were stomping through the prose in mud-caked boots. Sadly but aptly, this book’s beauty might be best experienced in silence.
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