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Kenzaburo Oe, 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... Read Full Overview

Oe's most important novel, A Personal Matter, has been called by The New York Times "close to a perfect novel." In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child? Bird, the protagonist,... Read Full Overview

The self-spirited Shura, the labyrinth of ethical dilemmas, the humanity of disabled people, the end point of real suffering of uneasy ghosts, the starting point of literary practiceThe sharp edge of the pen, cut the heart and eat it; if you can't break it, you can't redeem it... Read Full Overview