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A Healing Family

by Kenzaburo Oe · 1995

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Oe has written about the sorrows and satisfactions of being the father of a handicapped child, but nowhere has his writing been more personal than in this autobiography. Without diminishing the suffering of his family and son, he celebrates the victories that can be won and captures the healing power of the family. 17 b&w illustrations.

Subject
biography
Setting
20th centuryjapan
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages

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