What a disappointing read. We are immediately introduced to the protagonist, Bird, and his internal struggles: his wife is at this very moment giving birth to their first child. While this may seem to be a joyous occasion, Bird feels it is a symbol of his loss of youth and freedom. Bird wants not...
here are some words and phrases regarding this collection of thematically-linked novellas by left-leaning post-war Japanese author Oe Kenzaburo:- surreal, dream-like- grotesque, morbid- humanistic, humane- unsentimental, clear-eyed- a modernist style of writing with a postmodern view of the world? o...
A translation of the Japanese work by the 1994 Nobel Prize winner. Written in 1958. The tale of a group of reformatory school boys, evacuated to a remote area in the mountains to escape the war, but they never escape their lack of freedom and can never escape the oppression and cruelty of society.
oh ampun.. I was a bit depressed when I read this book, and it took hella long to read the whole book because of my bad emotion and the dark feeling this book gave to me. but strangely I like this book..
Oe is amazing, this novel gripped my soul. It's lyrical, drawing you in, but also disturbing, making you want to pull away. There's something about plague that always gets me, something so scary, but real. I see the link to "Lord of the Flies", which I loved as well, but this one was something else ...
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