A Quiet Life - Paperback
by Kenzaburo Oe
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kenzaburo Oe, Kunioki Yanagishita, William WetherallSeries:OE, KenzaburoPublish date:1997-12-08Pages:256
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802135469ISBN-10:802135463UPC:9780802135469Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Family LifeSize:8.25 x 5.49 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.64Product ID:SCC3N89D2N
A Quiet Life is an uncanny blend of the real with the imagined, of memoir with fiction. A Quiet Life is narrated by Ma-chan, a twenty-year-old woman. Her father is a famous and fascinating novelist; her older brother, though severely brain damaged, possesses an almost magical gift for musical composition; and her mother's life is devoted to the care of them both. Ma-chan and her younger brother find themselves emotionally on the outside of this oddly constructed nuclear family. But when her father accepts a visiting professorship from an American university, Ma-chan finds herself suddenly the head of the household and at the center of family relationships that she must begin to redefine.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Grove PressISBN-13:9780802135469ISBN-10:802135463UPC:9780802135469Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Family LifeSize:8.25 x 5.49 x 0.68 inchesWeight:0.64Product ID:SCC3N89D2N
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