Игры современников

by Kenzaburō Ōe, Кэндзабуро Оэ

Роман нобелевского лауреата Кэндзабуро Оэ (р.1935) `Игры современников` (1979) - это глубокое и ироничное повествование о судьбах современной японской молодежи. Этот роман сразу после публикации получил широкое признание, был переведен на многие европейские языки и подтвердил репутацию Оэ как одного из крупнейших прозаиков современности.

464 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Kenzaburō Ōe (大江 健三郎) was a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His works, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, engages with political, social and philosophical issues including nuclear weapons, social non-conformism and existentialism.

Ōe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1994 for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today."

Reviews

[Hibiscus · Rating 2 out of 5]

Too much told in too many words too obscurely.
A true maze of symbolism and historical nuances.
So you may go hard and finish the book but never escape the forest of the village-microcosm.

Cryptic. Bitter. Even worse. Uninteresting.

[Konstantin Shalnov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Indeed rather unusual read. Epic multilayered book about small village-microcosm.