Silence Ghalayini Basma loneliness and the space required

loneliness and the space required for bonds to flourish' Irish Times 'A thoughtful meditation on what happens to old friendships when you make yourself a new life

and they take you from pre-Independence Malaya/Malaysia to “a new galactic universe 200 mega centiniums” in the future – or is it the past

joyous celebration of French food

and a revealing examination of the layers of loss and the nature of grief

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction

Silence Ghalayini Basma loneliness and the space requiredJesuit priest Sebastian Rodrigues sets sail for Japan in 1640, full of idealistic fire. But the cold land he arrives in has no place for missionaries: the Tokugawa shogunate has banned Christianity, and believers face torture and execution. Living in hiding, leading worship in secret, Rodrigues begins to question the true meaning of compassion and the limits of his own belief. This stunning work of historical fiction introduced by Martin Scorsese, who