Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels
by:
Kenzaburō Ōe (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780394413389 (0394413385)
Publish date: January 1st 1977
Publisher: Grove Press
Pages no: 261
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Literary Fiction,
Asian Literature,
Asia,
Japan,
Short Stories,
Nobel Prize,
Japanese Literature
This is hard for me to understand...
This is quite something. These stories really draw you in, if you approach them with an open mind. 'The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away' is confusing, but once you've mastered the perspective shifts and un-flagged dialogue, it's a fascinating read. Personally, I did find these techniques det...
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...
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