Oe and Beyond: Fiction in Contemporary Japan

Gabriel, Philip, Snyder, Stephen

This text surveys the accomplishments of Nobel Prize winner Oe Kenzaburo and other writers of the post-war generation, while looking further to examine the literary parameters of the ""post-Oe"" generation. It includes essays on Endo Shusaku, Hayashi Kyoko, Kanai Mieko, Kurahashi Yumiko, Murakami Haruki, Murakami Ryu, Nakagami Kenji, Oe Kenzaburo, Ohba Minako, Shimada Masahiko, Takahashi Takako and Yoshimoto Banana.

EAN

9780824821364

Publisher

University of Hawai'i Press

Published

1 April 1999

Pages

328