Description: Bird, the protagonist of A Personal Matter, is a frustrated young intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. More than once when confronted with a problem, he has 'cast himself adrift on a sea of whiskey like a besotted Robinson Crusoe', but he has never faced a crisis as personal or grave as the prospect of life imprisonment in the cage of his infant son. Should he keep the baby? Dare he kill it? Before he makes his final decision, Bird's entire past rises up before him, revealing itself to be a nightmare of deceit. The honesty with which Oe portrays his hero - or antihero - makes Bird one of the most unforgettable characters in modern Japanese fiction.
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EAN: 9784805306413
UPC: 9784805306413
ISBN: 9784805306413
MPN: N/A
Recommended Age Range: 12+ years
Item Length: 30.1 cm
Item Weight: 0 kg
Book Title: A Personal Matter
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Item Height: 301mm
Topic: Books
Item Width: 133mm
Publisher: Tuttle Shokai Inc
Publication Year: 2021
Author: Kenzaburo Oe
Number of Pages: 239 Pages
