His first published work was "The Strange Work," and he won a notable literary prize for his later short story "Prize Stock." One of his novels depicts a a mythical alternate history where a trickster god battles the Imperial
His first published work was "The Strange Work," and he won a notable literary prize for his later short story "Prize Stock." One of his novels depicts a a mythical alternate history where a trickster god battles the Imperial Guard. Along with "The Game of Contemporaneity," he also wrote a novel about a man named Bird and his struggle with his mentally handicapped son, "A Personal Matter." Another novel where villagers play American football and Mitsusaburo and Takashi fight against the Emperor shows the increasing influence of America on the author's own country. FTP name this Nobel Prize-winning Japanese author of The Silent Cry.
His first published work was "The Strange Work," and he won a notable literary prize for his later short story "Prize Stock."
Kenzaburo {Oe}