Japan, the ambiguous, and myself : the Nobel Prize speech and other lectures / Kenzaburo Oe.
In December 1994, on the acceptance of only the second Nobel Prize awarded to a Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe gave a speech that was a message for mankind: one that pledged his own faith in tolerance and human decency; in the renunciation of war; and in the healing power of art - the power to calm a...
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| Other title: | Essays. English. Selections. |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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Tokyo ; New York :
Kodansha International,
1995.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In December 1994, on the acceptance of only the second Nobel Prize awarded to a Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe gave a speech that was a message for mankind: one that pledged his own faith in tolerance and human decency; in the renunciation of war; and in the healing power of art - the power to calm and purify. Other key addresses he has given elsewhere join the Nobel lecture in this volume, giving a wider view of the work of a literary activist who sees himself as one of a dying breed in the intellectual life of his own country. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (128 pages) |