This man's latest novel, 2013's In Late Style, is the sixth in a series about his "alter-ego" Kogito Choko.
This man's latest novel, 2013's In Late Style, is the sixth in a series about his "alter-ego" Kogito Choko. One of this author's protagonists is forced to abandon dreams of traveling to Africa after receiving news that also prompts him to have an angry affair with his ex-girlfriend Himiko. In another of his novels, the narrator's brother organizes a youth group to rebel against a Korean grocery-store owner called the (*) Emperor; that novel begins with a description of the bizarre suicide of Mitsusaburo's friend. Many of his works, including the aforementioned novel about Bird, feature characters based on his brain-damaged son Hikari. For 10 points, name this Nobel-winning Japanese author of A Personal Matter and The Silent Cry.
This man's latest novel, 2013's In Late Style, is the sixth in a series about his "alter-ego" Kogito Choko.
{Kenzaburo Oe} [accept names in either order]