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a personal matter
first us edition, 1968.
translated from the japanese by john nathan. kenzaburo oë, awarded the 1994 nobel prize in literature, is celebrated for illustrating the effects of the hiroshima bombing on post-war japan. his novel “a personal matter” satirizes the student protests of 1960s. the alienation of the individual in this period is embodied by the protagonist, bird, whose crumbling marriage and moral decline are triggered when his wife gives birth to a disabled child.
new york: grove press, inc. book condition: faintest of soiling to head, fine. jacket condition: very mild toning almost no shelf wear price unclipped: ($5.00), fine-. Item #164
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