死者の奢り・飼育

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by 大江健三郎

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[DeepL Translation - needs review] This collection contains six stories, including "The Dead Man's Delicacy," a lyric with a refractive quality entrusted to a group of corpses floating and sinking in a tank in a morgue; "Other People's Feet," a lament for boys with spinal caries confined in the thick walls of a sanatorium; "Raising," a cruel tragedy between black soldiers and children in a cold village; and "Human Sheep," filled with disgust and contempt toward bystanders. This is a brillian...

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Page Count:

320

ISBN:

4101126011

ISBN13:

9784101126012

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dorodsays

April 2, 2025

There was not a single story in this book that I didn't enjoy immensely. After finishing each short story, I had to take a break to really digest what I had read. The text itself is not prohibitively difficult, but Oe has a unique writing style and the way he structures his sentences can take some getting used to. While some of the stories are as short as 30 pages, the developments in plot and vividness of the imagery makes for an extremely rich experience. To think he could write these in his e

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February 16, 2025