A review by hagiasophia
Novels by Shusaku Endo: Silence, Deep River, Wonderful Fool, Scandal by Shūsaku Endō

4.0

Harrowing and tense- you know bad things will happen from page one but you still feel for Rodrigues and can't help but read until the ending. Definitely one I'd like to re-read once I've learned more about Catholicism in Japan. I thought the translation was also excellent and though I don't know what the book is like in Japanese, the translator seems to capture the atmosphere Endo was going for.