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Can I read A Quiet Life on EtoBox?
A Quiet Life by Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-, Yanagishita, Kunioki, Wetherall, William, 1941- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Quiet Life about?
A Quiet Life is narrated by Ma-Chan, a young woman who at the age of twenty finds herself in an unusual family situation. Her father is a famous and fascinating novelist; her older brother, though mentally handicapped, possesses an almost magical gift for musical composition. The lives of both father and son revolve around their work and each other, and her mother's life is devoted to the care of them both. She and her younger brother find themselves emotionally on the outside of this oddly constructed nuclear family. But when her father leaves Japan to accept a visiting professorship from a distinguished American university, Ma-Chan finds herself suddenly the head of the household and the center of family relationships that she must begin to redefine.
Who reads A Quiet Life?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-, Yanagishita, Kunioki, Wetherall, William, 1941-
- Publisher
- New York : Grove Press
- Published
- 1996
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780802195425
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.6 / 5 (20 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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