One of the most powerful and daring works to date by Japan's first truly modern writer.
"A major feat of the imagination." The Times
"Though thoroughly Japanese, Oe, in the range of hope and despair he covers, seems to have a touch of Dostoevsky in him." Henry Miller
"Oe has reached a new pinnacle in post-war Japanese fiction." Yukio Mishima
"An extrememly interesting novel, one that wa well worth translating." Frederick Richter
From the prize-winning author of A Personal Matter.