A Personal Matter

個人的な体験 [Kojinteki na Taiken]

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A Personal Matter

個人的な体験 [Kojinteki na Taiken]

Written by Kenzaburō Ōe
4.85 90,432 ratings
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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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Pages 239
Language Eng
Published 1964
ISBN 25191
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Kenzaburō Ōe is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Kenzaburō Ōe can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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