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An Echo of Heaven

by Kenzaburo Oe · 1989

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Japan's Nobel Laureate presents a fresh and penetrating portrait of a woman of independent character and strong physical appetites, on a journey in search of spiritual peace that takes her to a commune in California and among the workers on a cooperative farm in a remote village in Mexico.

Setting
1980s1980sMore like thisLess of thisJapanJapanMore like thisLess of thisMexicoMexicoMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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