{"product_id":"silence-1","title":"Silence: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1250082242\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"bgxfk7-1h6m9e-mk7vv7-eo2c0i\" data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: 280px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShusaku Endo's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ebestselling classic novel of enduring faith in dangerous times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003enow a major motion picture directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Andrew Garfield, Liam Neeson, and Adam Driver.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSilence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI regard as a masterpiece, a lucid and elegant drama.\"-\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSilence \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis widely considered to be his great masterpiece.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_Books\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_Books\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1250082242\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"ud04fm-3tp113-lc7wny-zbh44b\" data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_Books\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_Books\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1250082242\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"pp9mbo-ltd38x-cz4ldp-nccjn0\" data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" class=\"celwidget\" data-feature-name=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"tellAmazon\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1250082242\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-id=\"hnela9-fg60o4-6rjxxr-utu9pl\" data-cel-widget=\"tellAmazon_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"celwidget c-f\" data-csa-op-log-render=\"\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"DsUnknown\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"DsUnknown-9\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-csa-c-painter=\"tell-amazon-desktop-cards\" data-csa-c-id=\"ca0du7-in72gf-8ruk9j-ix5wjz\" data-cel-widget=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"CardInstance784XXKfT4VGHg98h3cQX-A\" data-card-metrics-id=\"tell-amazon-desktop_DetailPage_8\" data-acp-tracking=\"{}\" data-mix-claimed=\"true\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-asin=\"1250082242\" data-customer-id=\"AVZ682G8KIC0N\" data-marketplace=\"A2EUQ1WTGCTBG2\" data-session-id=\"136-6566401-1506812\" data-logged-in=\"true\" class=\"_tell-amazon-desktop_style_tell_amazon_div__1YDZk\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41902226538531,"sku":"9781250082244","price":28.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1530\/7003\/files\/91Kp6z43OgL._SL1500.jpg?v=1771085754","url":"https:\/\/www.veritasbookstore.ca\/products\/silence-1","provider":"Veritas Catholic Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}