{"product_id":"death-by-water-paperback","title":"Death by Water - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenzaburo OE\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah Boehm\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe is internationally acclaimed for his groundbreaking, incisive examination of humanity's struggle through modernity. In \u003ci\u003eDeath by Water, \u003c\/i\u003e his recurring protagonist and literary alter ego returns to his hometown village in search of a red suitcase fabled to hold documents revealing the details of his father's death during World War II: details that will serve as the foundation for his new, and final, novel. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince his youth, renowned writer Kogito Choko planned to fictionalize his father's fatal drowning in order to fully process the loss. Choko has long been driven to discover why his father was boating on the river during a torrential storm. Though he remembers overhearing his father and a group of soldiers discussing an insurgent scheme to stage a suicide attack on Emperor Mikado, Choko cannot separate his memories from imagination and his family is hesitant to confess the entire story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the contents of the trunk turn out to offer little clarity, he abandons the novel in creative despair. Floundering as an artist, he's haunted by fear that he may never write his tour de force. But when he collaborates with an avant-garde theater troupe dramatizing his early novels, Choko is revitalized and he finds the will to continue investigating his father's demise. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDiving into the turbulent depths of legacy and mortality, \u003ci\u003eDeath by Water\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite exploration of resurfacing national and personal trauma, and the ways that storytelling can mend political, social, and familial rifts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenzaburo Oe\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for creating an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Changeling; Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age; Hiroshima Notes; A Personal Matter; Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness;\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Cry, \u003c\/i\u003e among others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757481001248,"sku":"9780802125538","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1c6c6b7eea65c5fb0b2ae7bd06aee8fd.webp?v=1780104152","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/death-by-water-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}