Description:Oe’s most important novel, A Personal Matter, has been called by The New York Times ?close to a perfect novel.” In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child? Bird, the protagonist, is a young man of 27 with antisocial tendencies whoOe’s most important novel, A Personal Matter, has been called by The New York Times ?close to a perfect novel.” In A Personal Matter, Oe has chosen a difficult, complex though universal subject: how does one face and react to the birth of an abnormal child? Bird, the protagonist, is a young man of 27 with antisocial tendencies who more than once in his life, when confronted with a critical problem, has ?cast himself adrift on a sea of whisky like a besotted Robinson Crusoe.” But he has never faced a crisis as personal or grave as the prospect of life imprisonment in the cage of his newborn infant-monster. Should he keep it? Dare he kill it? Before he makes his final decision, Bird’s entire past seems to rise up before him, revealing itself to be a nightmare of self-deceit. The relentless honesty with which Oe portrays his hero ? or antihero ? makes Bird one of the most unforgettable characters in recent fiction.... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Grove Press Release date : 13 January 1994 ISBN-10 : 0802150616 |
ISBN-13: 9780802150615
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