- Fiction, Japán irodalom, Elbeszélés
"Bird, the protagonist of a Personal Matter, is a frustrated young intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child.
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Grave, prestige, earnest and overwhelming.
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- unpretentiousprestige
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Kenzaburō Ōe
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 214
- Publisher
- Tuttle Pub.
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9784805306413
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About Kenzaburō Ōe · 1935–2023
Nobel prize winning Japanese author
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