Death by Water

by Kenzaburō Ōe, 大江 健三郎,  

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802124011
• ISBN13: 9780802124012
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"