A Personal Matter
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
Author: Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/13/1994
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.38w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780802150615
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 98
Author: Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 01/13/1994
Pages: 214
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 8.12h x 5.38w x 0.46d
ISBN: 9780802150615
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 07/05/2013 pg. 98
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