Daily Dose

From Death by Water, by Kenzaburo Oe, translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm

STARTLING WORDS

“My mother’s startling words -- ‘Then he’ll most likely become a novelist!’ -- put down deep, spreading roots inside me, and the fact that my close family members had found the notion so amusing simply added to its power.”

From Chapter One

A Caricature

Clerihew

KENZABURO OE

Kenzaburo Oe,
to write it 'round the wrong way,
Ignored his neighbors' shaming chatter
And wrote about A Personal Matter.

Breakfast at the Bookstore with Brad and Nick #40

Breakfast at the Bookstore with Brad and Nick #39

Breakfast at the Bookstore with Brad and Nick #38

Clerihew for a Good Father

KENZABURO OE

Kenzaburo Oe
Decided to show he
Could write about his "idiot-son,"
And yet of the triumphs "Mori" won.