by Kenzaburō Ōe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781843540786
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«Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age» is the novel by Nobel laureate Kenzaburō Ōe, published by Atlantic Books in paperback (272 pages, in English).
The writer K lives in Tokyo with his family; his eldest son, born with a brain anomaly, says he is dead, acts aggressively and even threatens his mother with a knife. K takes refuge in the poems of William Blake while re-examining his role as a father; a near-drowning and a hurricane will test the family.
This English edition, translated by John Nathan, corresponds to the novel Kenzaburō Ōe originally published in Japanese in 1983 under the original title «Atarashii hito yo mezameyo».
Aimed at readers of Japanese literature and intimate narrative who appreciate reflection on fatherhood and memory.
Kenzaburō Ōe was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today".
