a great book that grapples with suffering and the silence of god…
"What do I want to say? I myself do not quite understand. Only that today, when for the glory of God Mokichi and Ichizo moaned, suffered, and died, I cannot bear the monotonous sound of the dark sea gnawing at the shore. Behind the depressing silence of the sea, the silence of God...the feeling that while men raise their voices in anguish God remains with folded arms, silent.