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This writer depicted a group of samurai battle against an imperial army with aid from the One Who Destroys in his novel, The Game of Contemporaneity. Another of his novels is narrated by a liver cancer patient who recounts "Happy Days" in the work entitled The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Way. This writer depicted Harelip's encounter with an African-American POW in "The Catch." The protagonist of another of his works is a teacher named Bird, whose son is born with a brain hernia while another of his works follows brothers Matsu and Takashi. For 10 points, name this Japanese writer of A Personal Matter and The Silent Cry.
This writer depicted a group of samurai battle against an imperial army with aid from the One Who Destroys in his novel, The Game of Contemporaneity.
Kenzaburo {Oe}