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K.D. Absolutely
is on page 72 of 219
Reading this book feels like being there. The prose is very descriptive and honest (you know that he is not pulling strings on you). I am in this part when the narrator turns out to be unreliable when after telling the hardships that the missionaries are experiencing, he is now saying that there were successful ones before who were welcomed and treated well by the Japanese. Surprise!
— Aug 23, 2013 04:32PM
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K.D. Absolutely
is on page 201 of 219
Done reading. One of the unforgettable reads I had so far this year. Can leave all the images this book put in my head. I have to read a lighter book soon!
— Sep 02, 2013 09:49PM
K.D. Absolutely
is on page 121 of 219
Anyone could be attracted by the beautiful and the charming. But could such attraction be called love? True love was to accept humanity when wasted like rags and tatters. (p. 116)
— Aug 26, 2013 01:32PM
K.D. Absolutely
is on page 62 of 219
The title seems to have come from the repeated motif of the book: "The silence of God." When the Portuguese missionaries are being butchered, where is God? Why is God allowing good people to suffer? Where was God during the Holocaust, as another example?
— Aug 20, 2013 07:05PM
K.D. Absolutely
is on page 47 of 219
I'm about to begin Ch. 4. So far, each chapter is an account (letter) of the Catholic missionary Sebastian Rodrigues to his superiors in Portugal. The letters are horrifying and very informative about the life of Catholic missionaries in hostile (to other religions) Japan during the 17th century.
— Aug 19, 2013 09:42PM
K.D. Absolutely
is on page 16 of 219
The Portuguese missionaries trying to spread Catholicism in Japan. This book is running for 5 stars!
— Aug 17, 2013 04:06PM
