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The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo

Author : Yasuko Claremont
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134118341
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book The Novels of Oe Kenzaburo written by Yasuko Claremont and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-12 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ôe Kenzaburô was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1994. This critical study examines Ôe’s entire career from 1957 – 2006 and includes chapters on Ôe’s later novels not published in English. Through close readings at different points in Ôe’s career Yasuko Claremont establishes the spiritual path that he has taken in its three major phrases of nihilism, atonement, and salvation, all highlighted against a background of violence and suicidal despair that saturate his pages. Ôe uses myth in two distinct ways: to link mankind to the archetypal past, and as a critique of contemporary society. Equally, he depicts the great themes of redemption and salvation on two levels: that of the individual atoning for a particular act, and on a universal level of self-abnegation, dying for others. In the end it is Ôe’s ethical concerns that win out, as he turns to the children, the inheritors of the future, ‘new men in a new age’ who will have the power and desire to redress the ills besetting the world today. Essentially, Ôe is a moralist, a novelist of ideas whose fiction is densely packed with references from Western thought and poetry. This book is an important read for scholars of Ôe Kenzaburô’s work and those studying Japanese Literature and culture more generally.

Death by Water

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802190871
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Death by Water written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kenzaburo Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." In Death by Water, his recurring protagonist and literary alter-ego returns to his hometown village in search of a red suitcase fabled to hold documents revealing the details of his father’s death during WWII: details that will serve as the foundation for his new, and final, novel. Since his youth, renowned novelist Kogito Choko planned to fictionalize his father’s fatal drowning in order to fully process the loss. Stricken with guilt and regret over his failure to rescue his father, Choko has long been driven to discover why his father was boating on the river in a torrential storm. Though he remembers overhearing his father and a group of soldiers discussing an insurgent scheme to stage a suicide attack on Emperor Mikado, Choko cannot separate his memories from imagination and his family is hesitant to reveal the entire story. When the contents of the trunk turn out to offer little clarity, Choko abandons the novel in creative despair. Floundering as an artist, he’s haunted by fear that he may never write his tour de force. But when he collaborates with an avant-garde theater troupe dramatizing his early novels, Kogito is revitalized by revisiting his formative work and he finds the will to continue investigating his father’s demise. Diving into the turbulent depths of legacy and mortality, Death by Water is an exquisite examination of resurfacing national and personal trauma, and the ways that storytelling can mend political, social, and familial rifts.

Two Novels

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Foxrock Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Two Novels written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Foxrock Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two views of a world whose traditional values had been blown away: Seventeen, the story of a lonely boy who turns to a right-wing group for self-esteem, and J, the story of a spoiled young drifter son of a Japanese executive.

The Changeling

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780802197986
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (979 download)

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Download or read book The Changeling written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oe introduces Kogito Choko, a writer in his early sixties, as he rekindles a childhood friendship with his estranged brother-in-law, the renowned filmmaker Goro Hanawa. Goro sends Kogito a trunk of tapes he has recorded of reflections about their friendship, but as Kogito is listening one night, he hears something odd. "I'm going to head over to the Other Side now," Goro says, and then Kogito hears a loud thud. After a moment of silence, Goro's voice continues: "But don't worry, I'm not going to stop communicating with you." Moments later, Kogito's wife rushes in; Goro has jumped to his death. With that, Kogito begins a far-ranging search to understand what drove his brother-in-law to suicide. His quest takes him from the forests of southern Japan to the washed-out streets of Berlin, where Kogito confronts the ghosts from his own past and that of his lifelong, but departed, friend.

A Personal Matter

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802150615
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book A Personal Matter written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First pub. 1964. Author's most dramatic work, won him the prestigious Shincho Literary Prize. In the novel the narrator tells how he responds to the birth and problems posed by his handicapped child. Recipient of the 1994 Nobel prize.

The Marginal World of Oe Kenzaburo: A Study of Themes and Techniques

Author : Michiko N. Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315286270
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Marginal World of Oe Kenzaburo: A Study of Themes and Techniques written by Michiko N. Wilson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first full-length book devoted to Japan's 1994 Nobel Laureate, The Marginal World of Kenzaburo Ôe introduces the literary universe bursting with the explosive energies of Bakhtinian grotesque realism. In its center stands the "idiot son," a trickster and soulful healer, unknowingly thrown into the world of myth-making and history. The diverse voices of Ôe's characters resonate with one another within and between reinvented texts as the book's analysis flow into the very pores and veins of his masterful writing.

Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 0802195431
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nobel Prize–winning “master of the bizarre plunges the reader into a world of tortured imagination” in this four-novella collection (Library Journal). In this startling quartet of his most provocative stories, the multiple prize-winning author of A Personal Matter reaffirms his reputation as “a supremely gifted writer” (The Washington Post). In The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, a self-absorbed narrator on his deathbed drifts off to the comforting strains of a cantata as he recalls a blistering childhood of militarism, sacrifice, humiliation, and revenge—a tale that is questioned by everyone who knew him. In Prize Stock, winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a black American pilot is downed in a Japanese village during World War II, where the local children see him as some rare find—exotic and forbidden. In Aghwee The Sky Monster, the floating ghost of a baby inexplicably haunts a young man on the first day of his first job. And in the title story, a devoted father believes he is the only link between his mentally challenged son and reality. “[A] remarkable book.” —The Washington Post “Ōe is definitely one of the Modern Masters.” —Seattlepi.com

Fire from the Ashes

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Fire from the Ashes written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nobel Prize Laureate Winner Kenzaburo Oe selects and introduces nine compelling stories by japanese writers on the A-bomb and its aftermath in Japanese society from 1945 to today.

Hiroshima Notes

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802134646
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Hiroshima Notes written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hiroshima Notes is a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature. Oe's account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the valiant efforts of those who cared for them, both immediately after the atomic blast and in the years that follow, reveals the horrific extent of the devastation. It is a heartrending portrait of a ravaged city -- the "human face" in the midst of nuclear destruction.

Somersault

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0802195415
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Somersault written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first new novel Oe has published since winning the Nobel Prize, Somersault is a magnificent story of the charisma of leaders, the danger of zealotry, and the mystery of faith. A decade before the story opens, two men referred to as the Patron and Guide of mankind were leaders of an influential religious movement. When a radical faction of their followers threatened to unleash an apocalypse, they recanted all of their teachings and abandoned their followers. Now, after ten years of silence, Patron and Guide begin contacting their old followers and reaching out to the public, assisted by a small group of young people who have come to them in recent months. Just as they are beginning this renewed push, the radical faction kidnaps Guide, holding him captive until his health gives out. Patron and a small core of the faithful, including a painter named Kizu who may become the new Guide, move to the mountains to establish the church’s new base, followed by two groups from Patron’s old church: the devout Quiet Women, and the Technicians, who have ties to the old radical faction. The Baby Fireflies, young men from a nearby village, attempt to influence the church with local traditions and military discipline. As planning proceeds for the summer conference that will bring together the faithful and launch the new church in the eyes of the world, the conflicting agendas of these factions threaten to make a mockery of the church’s unity—or something far more dangerous.

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802134639
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this title, a group of delinquent boys are abandoned in a remote village during the Korean war and manage to survive by stealing food and hunting, only to face the possibility of death when the villagers return.

A Personal Matter

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 080219544X
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book A Personal Matter written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Grove/Atlantic, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Nobel Prize–winning author: “One of the great short novels of the 20th century” (The Wall Street Journal). Internationally acclaimed as one of the world’s most influential writers, Kenzaburō Ōe brings to the fore the post-WWII rage and anxiety of a decorous society in this “deathly black comedy . . . dripping with nuclear terror” (The Japan Times). Bird is an antisocial twenty-seven-year-old intellectual hanging on to a failing marriage with whiskey. He dreams of going to Africa where the sky sprawls with possibilities. Then, as though walloped by a massive invisible fist, Bird’s Utopian fantasies are shattered when his wife gives birth to what he calls their “monster baby.” Now, Bird is left with one question: How can he and his wife spend the rest of their lives with this damaged thing clinging to their backs? As shameful, disgraceful, and unthinkable a desire as it is, Bird has an answer. Not sealed. Not just yet. Not before Bird flees on a bender of indiscriminate (and frustratingly impotent) sex, hard liquor, self-delusion, and most terrifying of all—self-discovery. “Very close to a perfect contemporary novel.” —The New York Times “An astonishing novel.” —Mother Jones

The Pinch Runner Memorandum

Author : Kenzaburo Oe
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317455533
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Pinch Runner Memorandum written by Kenzaburo Oe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This novel offers a contemporary and explosive picture of the nuclear family, which pivots on the bizarre odyssey of a Japanese father and son.

A Personal Matter

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802150615
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (56 download)

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Ōe and Beyond

Author : Stephen Snyder
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824863763
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Ōe and Beyond written by Stephen Snyder and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-04-01 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the works of contemporary Japanese novelists, as Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo has observed, "mere reflections of the vast consumer culture of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large"? Or do they contain their own critical components, albeit in altered form? Oe and Beyond surveys the accomplishments of Oe and other writers of the postwar generation while looking further to examine the literary parameters of the "Post-Oe" generation. Despite the unprecedented availability today of the work of many of these writers in excellent English translations, some twenty years have passed since a collection of critical essays has appeared to guide the interested reader through the fascinating world of contemporary Japanese fiction. Oe and Beyond is a sampling of the best research and thinking on the current generation of Japanese writers being done in English. The essays in this volume explore such subjects as the continuing resonances of the atomic bombings; the notion of "transnational subjects"; the question of the "de-canonization" (as well as the "re-canonization") of writers; the construction (and deconstruction) of gender models; the quest for spirituality amid contemporary Japanese consumer affluence; post-modernity and Japanese "infantilism"; the intertwining connections between history, myth-making, and discrimination; and apocalyptic visions of fin de siecle Japan. Contributors pursue various methodological and theoretical approaches to reveal the breadth of scholarship on modern Japanese literature. The essays reflect some of the latest thinking, both Western and Japanese, on such topics as subjectivity, gender, history, modernity, and the postmodern. Oe and Beyond includes essays on Endo Shusaku, Hayashi Kyoko, Kanai Mieko, Kurahashi Yumiko, Murakami Haruki, Murakami Ryu, Nakagami Kenji, Oe Kenzaburo, Ohba Minako, Shimada Masahiko, Takahashi Takako, and Yoshimoto Banana. Contributors: Davinder L. Bhowmik, Philip Gabriel, Van C. Gessel, Adrienne Hurley, Susan J. Napier, Sharalyn Orbaugh, Jay Rubin, Atsuko Sakaki, Ann Sherif, Stephen Snyder, Mark Williams, Eve Zimmerman.

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802151841
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by one of Japan's leading and internationally acclaimed writers, this collection of short stories was compiled to mark the fortieth anniversary of the August 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Here some of Japan's best and most representative writers chronicle and re-create the impact of this tragedy on the daily lives of peasants, city professionals, artists, children, and families. From the "crazy" iris that grows out of season to the artist who no longer paints in color, the simple details described in these superbly crafted stories testify to the enormity of change in Japanese life, as well as in the future of our civilization. Included are "The Crazy Iris" by Masuji Ibuse, "Summer Flower" by Tamiki Hara, "The Land of Heart's Desire" by Tamiki Hara, "Human Ashes" by Katsuzo Oda, "Fireflies" by Yoka Ota, "The Colorless Paintings" by Ineko Sata, "The Empty Can" by Kyoko Hayashi, "The House of Hands" by Mitsuharu Inoue, and "The Rite" by Hiroko Takenishi.

An Echo of Heaven

Author : Kenzaburō Ōe
Publisher : Kodansha Amer Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9784770025050
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book An Echo of Heaven written by Kenzaburō Ōe and published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a mother's grief. Her divorced husband has died ofancer and her sons have taken their own lives. To escape her sorrow anduilt, she leaves Japan and travels to Mexico where she settles in a remoteillage.