Ох уж эти Японцы

May 05, 2014 15:26

Last chapters of Kenzaburo Oe's "Personal Matter ( Read more... )

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ka_10 May 5 2014, 20:11:03 UTC
Lana, the ending is way to predictable. Common! It is not cheap action movie. It is existentialism, person being trapped in his fear. He is just freaking out for couple of days :)

I loved the book. I tend to like classy existentialism...

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maybeegrrl May 6 2014, 17:00:06 UTC
true, true
as Gorelich pointed out its not like real life;)
in real life things would get ugly

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ka_10 May 6 2014, 17:49:06 UTC
well, for Oe it was and still is "real life". You know about his first son, right? The genre of his prose is often called "grotesque realism", so of course there is exaggeration otherwise what is the point of art ;)

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