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A Personal Matter / Kenzaburo Oe ; edited by John Nathan

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Picador Book ,1996Edition: Nobel Prize EditionDescription: 176 pISBN:
  • 9780330344357
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 895.635 OE
Summary: Kenzaburō Ōe, 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 Ōe 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 personal 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.
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Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection SNU LIBRARY 895.635 OE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection G7926
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Kenzaburō Ōe, 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 Ōe 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 personal 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.

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