Wise and illuminating, Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! is a
masterpiece from one of the world's finest writers, Kenzaburo Oe --
winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. K is a famous writer living
in Tokyo with his wife and three children, one of whom is mentally
disabled. K's wife confronts him with the information that this child,
Eeyore, has been doing disturbing things -- behaving aggressively,
asserting that he's dead, even brandishing a knife at his mother --
and K, given to retreating from reality into abstraction, looks for
answers in his lifelong love of William Blake's poetry. As K struggles
to understand his family and assess his responsibilities within it, he
must also reevaluate himself -- his relationship with his own father,
the political stances he has taken, the duty of artists and writers in
society. A remarkable portrait of the inexpressible bond between this
father and his damaged son, Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! is
the work of an unparalleled writer at his sparkling best.
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A Novel
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ISBN
9780802195401
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
Grove Press UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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