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Can I read A Quiet Life : A Novel on EtoBox?
A Quiet Life : A Novel by Oe, Kenzaburo; Yanagishita, Kunioki is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Quiet Life : A Novel about?
This classic work of world literature by the 1994 Japanese Nobel laureate is a devastating and moving blend of memoir and fiction. An uncanny blend of the real with the imagined, of memoir with fiction, A Quiet Life is narrated by Ma-chan, a twenty-year-old woman. Her father is a famous and fascinating novelist; her older brother, though severely brain-damaged, possesses an almost magical gift for musical composition; and her mother’s life is devoted to the care of them both. Ma-chan and her younger brother find themselves emotionally on the outside of this oddly constructed nuclear family. But when her father accepts a visiting professorship from an American university, Ma-chan finds herself suddenly the head of the household and at the center of family relationships that “are movingly illuminated” ( The New York Times ) through Oe’s unique and unpredictable genius.
Who reads A Quiet Life : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Oe, Kenzaburo; Yanagishita, Kunioki
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802195425
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (711 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14