In a parody of Yukio Mishima, he wrote about a man who wears goggles in a hospital bed and hopes he has cancer in The Day
This author wrote about a film star named Sakura who was raped by American soldiers in The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed. At the end of one of his novels, the unnamed narrator killed a blacksmith using an iron ingot after escaping from a warden who promised his detainees they could live normal lives. In a parody of Yukio Mishima, he wrote about a man who wears goggles in a hospital bed and hopes he has cancer in The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away. Bird, the antisocial protagonist of another of his novels, is the father of an abnormal newborn. Mitsu and Takashi narrate another of his works as they return to their childhood village after Mitsu's handicapped son is institutionalized. For 10 points, name this Japanese author The Silent Cry.
This author wrote about a film star named Sakura who was raped by American soldiers in The Beautiful Annabel Lee was Chilled and Killed.
Kenzaburo Oe