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A Personal Matter

A Personal Matter

Kenzaburō Ōe · 1964 · 214 pages

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A Personal Matter is a 1964 semi-autobiographical novel by Japanese Nobel Prize laureate author Kenzaburō Ōe. It tells the story of a young father who must come to terms with the fact that his newborn son is severely mentally disabled.

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