Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! by Kenzaburo Oe

Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! by Kenzaburo Oe

Wise and illuminating, Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age is a masterpiece from one of the world's finest writers, Kenzaburo Oe -- winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. K is a famous writer living in Tokyo with his wife and three children, one of whom is mentally disabled. K's wife confronts him with the information that this child, Eeyore, has been doing disturbing things -- behaving aggressively, asserting that he's dead, even brandishing a knife at his mother -- and K, given to retreating from reality into abstraction, looks for answers in his lifelong love of William Blake's poetry. As K struggles to understand his family and assess his responsibilities within it, he must also reevaluate himself -- his relationship with his own father, the political stances he has taken, the duty of artists and writers in society. A remarkable portrait of the inexpressible bond between this father and his damaged son, Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age is the work of an unparalleled writer at his sparkling best.

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ISBN 13	9780802117106
ISBN 10	0802117104
Title	Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!
Author	Kenzaburo Oe
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Publisher	Grove/Atlantic
Year published	2002-03-31
Number of pages	259
Prizes	Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2003
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