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A Personal Matter

by Kenzaburō Ōe · 1964

Spotify — not confirmed On Apple Books

"Bird, the protagonist of a Personal Matter, is a frustrated young intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child.

About A Personal Matter

"Bird, the protagonist of a Personal Matter, is a frustrated young intellectual in a failing marriage whose utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. More than once when confronted with a problem, he has "cast himself adrift on a sea of whiskey like a besotted Robinson Crusoe", but he has never faced a crisis as personal or grave as the prospect of life imprisonment in the cage of his infant son. Should he keep the baby? Dare he kill it? Before he makes his final decision, Bird's entire past rises up before him, revealing itself to be a nightmare of…

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Is A Personal Matter on Spotify?
We haven't confirmed A Personal Matter on Spotify's audiobook catalog yet. Spotify audiobooks are included with Premium (up to a monthly listening limit) in supported markets.
Is A Personal Matter on Apple Books?
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Who wrote A Personal Matter?
A Personal Matter is by Kenzaburō Ōe.
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