A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe Oe's most important novel, A Personal Matter, has been called by The New York Times "close to a perfect novel." In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child? Bird, the protagonist, is a young man of 27 with antisocial tendencies who more than once in his life, when confronted with a critical problem, has "cast himself adrift on a sea of whisky 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 newborn infant-monster. Should he keep it? Dare he kill it? Before he makes his final decision, Bird's entire past seems to rise up before him, revealing itself to be a nightmare of self-deceit. The relentless honesty with which Oe portrays his hero — or antihero — makes Bird one of the most unforgettable characters in recent fiction. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher 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 Author Biography His prolific body of work has won almost every major international honor, including the 1989 Prix Europalia and the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. Details ISBN0802150616 Author Kenzaburo Oe Short Title PERSONAL MATTER Language English Translator John Nathan ISBN-10 0802150616 ISBN-13 9780802150615 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 1994 Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Birth 1935 Series OE, Kenzaburo Residence JA DOI 10.1604/9780802150615 AU Release Date 1994-01-13 NZ Release Date 1994-01-13 US Release Date 1994-01-13 UK Release Date 1994-01-13 Pages 165 Publisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Publication Date 1994-01-13 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2621933;

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