by Kenzaburo Oé · Seix Barral · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788432224041
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Death by Water is a novel by Japanese writer Kenzaburo Oé, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. In this work, Kogito Choko, the author's alter ego, faces the mystery of his father's trunk, a fervent defender of Japanese imperialism who died drowned. Accompanied by his sister, Kogito returns to his homeland, Shikoku, to unravel the secrets of the past and write the Novel of the Drowned, a work that has obsessed him throughout his life.
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".
