In one of his earlier stories, this author depicts the protagonist's father's axe murder of a prisoner of war. His novella The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away criticized a contemporary who had recently failed in a right-wing coup, while Henry James's The Turn of the Screw inspired his novel Aghwee the Sea Monster. His 1958 novel about a group of reform-school boys trapped in a wooded valley won him the Akutagawa Prize, while another work depicts Mitsusaboro's return to his ancestral home
In one of his earlier stories, this author depicts the protagonist's father's axe murder of a prisoner of war. His novella The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away criticized a contemporary who had recently failed in a right-wing coup, while Henry James's The Turn of the Screw inspired his novel Aghwee the Sea Monster. His 1958 novel about a group of reform-school boys trapped in a wooded valley won him the Akutagawa Prize, while another work depicts Mitsusaboro's return to his ancestral home. For 10 points-- name this Japanese author of A Personal Matter; Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids; and The Silent Cry.
In one of his earlier stories, this author depicts the protagonist's father's axe murder of a prisoner of war.
Kenzaburo {Oe}