← Oe KenzaburoRouse Up O Young Men of the New Ageby Oe KenzaburoMeditation on generational trauma through protagonist's relationship with mentorFind on Amazon↗About the authorOe KenzaburoNobel Prize-winning novelist whose work grapples with war, disability, and Japan's postwar identity. His deeply personal fiction, particularly A Personal Matter, established him as Japan's foremost voice of moral conscience.More by Oe KenzaburoA Personal MatterNovel of a man confronting paternity and disability in postwar Japan→The Silent CryEpic account of brothers returning to village to orchestrate rural rebellion→Nip the Buds Shoot the KidsFable of abandoned children surviving in wartime forest through wilderness→