One character in this novel tells a parable about a man who threw out all four of his wives because they quarreled.
One character in this novel tells a parable about a man who threw out all four of his wives because they quarreled. A children's chant that goes "magic lantern, bye bye bye" is heard several times in this novel. This novel's protagonist is given a cucumber which was hidden in a woman's breast and later watches that woman fall out of a boat and drown. While in a dark room that smells of urine, a character in this novel finds the words "pax aeterna" on a wall and hears the groans of people who are bleeding to death as they hang upside down in a pit. Like his mentor Ferreira, the main character of this novel takes a wife after trampling on an image of Christ. For 10 points, name this novel about the missionary Sebastian's experiences in Japan by Shusaku Endo
One character in this novel tells a parable about a man who threw out all four of his wives because they quarreled.
Silence [or Chinmoku]