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Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age

Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age

Kenzaburō Ōe · 2002 · 272 pages

Children with disabilitiesFictionCareParent and childFiction, sagasTokyo (japan), fiction

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K, a renowned writer living in Tokyo who often retreats from reality, must come to terms with his mentally disabled son Eeyore, his family, his relationship with his own father, his own political beliefs, and his responsibility as an arist and writer in society, in an extraordinary novel of family bonds, brilliant minds, and compassion.

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