A Personal Matter / Kenzaburo Oe ; edited by John Nathan
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TextPublication details: London : Picador Book ,1996Edition: Nobel Prize EditionDescription: 176 pISBN: - 9780330344357
- 23 895.635 OE
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection | SNU LIBRARY | 895.635 OE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | Prof. Romila Thapar's Collection | G7926 |
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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