Chinmoku
Shūsaku Endō
Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction
Chinmoku
by Shūsaku Endō
—· 306 p· 1969
20th Century ClassicLiterary Canonphilosophicaldarktensehauntingreflective
Overview
About
The story of a seventeenth-century Portuguese priest in Japan at the height of the persecution of the Christian community.
Pages
306
Taplinger Pub. Co.
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
5/5
Profound
Rating
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Reader feel
Theological Inquiry10
Prose9
Emotional depth9
Historical Oppression9
Worldbuilding8
Narration8
Pacing7
Plot twists6
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