Description
In a world shadowed by political violence and personal loss, a man confronts the fragile boundary between silence and speech as he struggles to understand what it means to live—and to love—after catastrophe. As his family’s life is reshaped by forces beyond their control, he is drawn into a searching, morally urgent reckoning with responsibility, memory, and the stories societies tell to justify suffering. Blending intimate psychological insight with the sweep of public history, the novel explores themes of trauma, alienation, and the difficult work of empathy in the face of injustice. Known for his incisive, compassionate prose and his willingness to fuse the private and the political, Kenzaburō Ōe delivers a powerful meditation on conscience and the human need to be heard.
Available Editions
paperback
TBS/GBS/Transworld
Published Jan 1, 2011
288 pages
ISBN: 9781847657732
paperback
Serpents Tail
Published Jan 1, 1998
274 pages
ISBN: 9781852426026
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Details
First Published
1967
Language
jpn
Translation
From: jpn
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Silent Cry by Kenzaburō Ōe.