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A Personal Matter by Kenzaburo Oe is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is A Personal Matter about?

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 a mentally handicapped son. The Swedish Academy lauded Oe for his poetic force [that] creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today. His most popular book, A Personal Matter is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose Utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. In writing novels there is no substitute for maturity and moral awareness. Kenzaburo Oe has both. --Alan Levensohn, Christian Science Monitor

Who reads A Personal Matter?

Author

Kenzaburo Oe

Publisher

Perseus Books Group;Grove/Atlantic, Inc

Published

2011

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

History, Fiction, Drama

Rating

3.87 / 5 (121 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14