個人的な体験 | A Personal Matter

Title: 個人的な体験
Authors: 大江　健三郎 著
Pages: 258P
Published At: February, 1981
Description:
When a man named Tori learns that his newborn son has been born with an abnormality of the head, his dreams of an adventurous journey to Africa are shattered, and he is seized by profound terror. Days of depravity and despair follow as he wishes for his infant's death and indulges in sexual pleasure with Himiko. Is there hope for rebirth in modern man teetering on the brink of madness? This monumental original novel traces the spiritual odyssey of a young man who, after descending through a dark hell of his own making, comes to accept his fate, marking a new development in Oe's literary achievement.

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