Description: 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.
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EAN: 9780802150615
UPC: 9780802150615
ISBN: 9780802150615
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Book Title: Personal Matter
Number of Pages: 214 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1994
Topic: Marriage & Long-Term Relationships, Family Life, General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Genre: Family & Relationships, Fiction
Item Weight: 6 Oz
Item Length: 8.2 in
Author: Kenzaburo Oe
Item Width: 5.8 in
Book Series: Oe, Kenzaburo Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
