For 10 points, name this novel about Bird, a work by Kenzaburo Oe.
The protagonist of this novel has to leave his job after vomiting in front of his classroom, which makes him believe that he will certainly be fired. Two characters in this novel discuss their plans to leave everything behind, but only one of them does so; the other is forced to stay in Japan and work as a tour guide. the protagonist of this novel gets married, he drops out of graduate school to do nothing but drink for days on end. During that time, he meets up with a woman who broods over her husband's suicide and does nothing but drink and drunkenly drive her sportscar around Tokyo at night; that woman is his ex-girlfriend Himiko. The protagonist is especially depressed when, after his son Kikuhiko is born, he's diagnosed with a brain hernia. For 10 points, name this novel about Bird, a work by Kenzaburo Oe.
The protagonist of this novel has to leave his job after vomiting in front of his classroom, which makes him believe that he will certainly be fired.
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