OE, Kenzaburo: Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! (Paperback)

from Donna828

A stolen glimpse of a poem by William Blake in a library years before has guided the life's work of a Japanese author. He returns repeatedly to the theme of labor and sorrow in his books and to the dark valley of his own life as a father to a mentally handicapped son. Now that "Eeyore" is becomin...

from Samchan

I picked this book up on a whim after reading about it on one of my favorite book blogs and being drawn to its poetic title (from a work by William Blake). This was my introduction to Nobel Prize winner, Kenzaburo Oe. I'm not going to be able to do justice to this book, but still wanted to captur...

from vpfluke

This was an excellent novel. This is an autobiographical tale that interweaves the story of the author's son who has brain damage with musings on the poetry of William Blake. The father tries to show that raising his son requires special intuition that he sometimes can give, but needs insight fro...

from vpfluke

This was an excellent novel. This is an autobiographical tale that interweaves the story of the author's son who has brain damage with musings on the poetry of William Blake. The father tries to show that raising his son requires special intuition that he sometimes can give, but needs insight fro...