Description
In his early sixties, Kogito—an aging writer with a life shaped by distance and regret—receives a mysterious package of audio tapes from a childhood friend who has long since vanished from his world. As the recordings unfold, Kogito is drawn into a troubling story of charisma and devotion, where belief hardens into zealotry and the line between faith and fanaticism grows dangerously thin. With the tapes as both invitation and indictment, the novel explores how leaders can bend reality, how grief can seek meaning at any cost, and how communities rally around an “apostate Messiah” whose presence refuses easy interpretation. Blending Oe’s incisive moral imagination with a suspenseful, intimate narrative voice, this radical return to fiction turns a seemingly straightforward premise into a haunting meditation on what we choose to believe—and what it costs.
Available Editions
hardcover
Grove Press
Published Jan 1, 2003
720 pages
ISBN: 9780802117380
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
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