An Echo of Heaven
Kenzaburo Oe,
Publisher: Kodansha International (JPN)
ISBN: 477002505X
DDC: 813
Edition: Paperback; 2000-07
Summary:
In An Echo of Heaven, Nobel Prize winner Kenzaburo Oe tells the
riveting story of Marie Kuraki, a seductive, perverse intellectual
whose two young sons, one retarded and one crippled, commit suicide.
Thus begins Marie's intellectual, spiritual, and sexual journey to
find meaning in this horrific tragedy. Oe, who draws a provocative
but sympathetic portrait of Marie, supplements his narrative with old
letters and journal entries from those whose lives she influenced.
Oe's prose (as translated by Margaret Mitsutani) is cold and precise,
perhaps to maintain emotional distance since Oe himself has a
mentally handicapped son. The description of Marie's quest also
affords him the opportunity to engage in profound reflections on
faith, sin, death, sexuality, heaven, and hell. --Madeline Crowley
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