Death by Water

In many of this author’s novels he uses a literary alter ego – an author of his age (early 70’s in this book) who has a brain-damaged son (as does the author). In his older years, looking for a topic for his final novel, the writer returns to his sister’s house in his home village to look through do......more

3+ Kenzaburo Oe is considered one of Japan's finest authors since WWII. In 1994, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world where life and myths condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today". He was also long listed for the International Booke......more

لكل من يعشق شخص كنزابورو سوف تروق له هذه الرواية بشكل أو بآخر حيث أن نمطها السردي يمزج السيرة الذاتية لشخصه بالقولبة الروائية المتخيلة سوف تتوالى الأحداث بشكل عميق لكنه بطيئ جداً يتطلب صبر وروية تتخللها بعض الرتابة والممل ..جيدة بالنسبة لي......more

"So one of my main literary methods is “repetition with difference.” I begin a new work by first attempting a new approach toward a work that I've already written—I try to fight the same opponent one more time. Then I take the resulting draft and continue to elaborate upon it, and as I do so the tra......more