The Silent Cry
Kenzaburō Ōe
274 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 1852426020
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Language: English
Publish: 883641600000
20th CenturyAsiaAsian LiteratureClassicsFictionJapanJapanese LiteratureLiteratureNobel PrizeNovels
Two brothers, Takashi and Mitsu, return from Tokyo to the village of their childhood. The selling of their family home leads them to an inescapable confrontation with their family history. Their attempt to escape the influence of the city ends in failure as they realize that its tentacles extend to everything in the countryside, including their own relationship.