The Catch: and other War Stories
by Kenzaburō Ōe
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Le pondría cuatro estrellas si no me hubiera traumatizado la escena de la cabra hasta tal punto que es casi lo único que recuerdo.
Y nos lo mandaron leer dos veces en la carrera.
Y nos lo mandaron leer dos veces en la carrera.
Four stories, of which the second and the third take place during the war, the first has a parallel plot to the war and the fourth is a story not so much related to the war but to personal experiences of a government minister's widow during wartime. "The Catch" is a 4.5, "Sakurajima" and "Summer Flower" a 3.5, and "Bones" a 4.5.
i had a good feeling about this book when i bought it. it was good. 3/4 stories are written by men. only one is actually a fighting war story.
Durante la guerra del Pacífico un avión enemigo se estrella. Harán prisionero al único superviviente, un soldado negro. El prisionero se convertirá, para los niños, en una especie de animal domesticado al que adorar.
Feb 24, 2023Spanish
Durante la guerra del Pacífico un avión enemigo se estrella. Harán prisionero al único superviviente, un soldado negro. El prisionero se convertirá, para los niños, en una especie de animal domesticado al que adorar.
Nov 8, 2010Spanish
En una aldea japonesa cae un avión con un superviviente: un soldado negro.
Apr 16, 2010Spanish
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Kenzaburo Oe was born on January 31, 1935. He was born in a small village on the island of Shikoku, Japan. A winner of numerous Japanese literary prizes, Oe came to manhood during World War II and the occupation. At Tokyo University, Oe studied Jean-Paul Sartre and absorbed many popular leftist ideas. These influences appear in his early writings, show more which often deal with contemporary issues. With the birth of his deformed son, father and son became the new focus of his work. In his two books, A Personal Matter (1964) and A Healing Family (1996), Oe describes the pain involved with accepting his brain-damaged son and the small victories involved their lives as his son progressed. In 1994, Oe won the Nobel Prize for Literature. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Catch: and other War Stories
- Original title
- Shiiku
- Original publication date
- 1957
- First words*
- Mi hermano pequeño y yo estábamos hurgando con unos palos en la tierra blanda, que apestaba a grasa y a ceniza, del crematorio del valle, un crematorio improvisado y de lo más sencillo: un mero foso casi a ras del suelo en... (show all) un calvero abierto en medio de una espesa vegetación de arbustos.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 895.6 — Literature & rhetoric Literatures of other languages Literatures of East and Southeast Asia Japanese
- LCC
- PL782 .E8 .C28 — Language and Literature Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Languages of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania Japanese language and literature Japanese literature Collections
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