A Personal Matter bookcover

A Personal Matter

Kenzaburo Oe 

(Author)

John Nathan 

(Translator)
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Description

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

Product Details

PublisherGrove Press
Publish DateJanuary 13, 1994
Pages214
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780802150615
Dimensions8.1 X 5.4 X 0.5 inches | 0.4 pounds

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