A Personal Matter - Paperback
by Kenzaburo Oe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kenzaburo Oe, John NathanSeries:OE, KenzaburoPublish date:1994-01-13Pages:214
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802150615ISBN-10:802150616UPC:9780802150615Book Category:Fiction, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Family Life, AsianSize:8.12 x 5.38 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SCK9ST6K8V
Kenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped son. The Swedish Academy lauded Oe for his "poetic force [that] creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." His most popular book, A Personal Matter is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose Utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. "In writing novels there is no substitute for maturity and moral awareness. Kenzaburo Oe has both."--Alan Levensohn, Christian Science Monitor
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802150615ISBN-10:802150616UPC:9780802150615Book Category:Fiction, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Family Life, AsianSize:8.12 x 5.38 x 0.46 inchesWeight:0.44Product ID:SCK9ST6K8V
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