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Two of this author's characters debate whether their great-great-uncle had nobly led a peasant revolt and the reasons for their older brother's death in a Korean attack. In another of this author's novels, Li teaches the title group how to hunt birds after they are trapped in a plague-stricken village. This author of  (*) Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids, wrote a work in which Takashi has an affair with Natsumi the wife of Mitsusaburo, and another of his novels centers on Bird, whose son has a brain tumor. For ten points, identify this Japanese author who was influenced by his mentally retarded son to write works like The Silent Cry and A Personal Matter.
Two of this author's characters debate whether their great-great-uncle had nobly led a peasant revolt and the reasons for their older brother's death in a Korean attack.
Kenzaburo Oe (or Oe Kenzaburo) &lt;MS&gt;