I Think, We Can Only Write Very Personal Matters Through Our Experience. When I Named My First Novel About My Son "a Personal Matter," I Believe I Knew The Most Important Thing: There Is Not Any Personal Matter; We Must Find The Link Between Ourselves, Our "personal Matter," And Society.

-Kenzaburo Oe

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I Think, We Can Only Write Very

Kenzaburo Oe

I Think, We Can Only Write Very Personal Matters Through Our Experience. When I Named My First Novel About My Son "a Personal Matter," I Believe I Knew The Most Important Thing: There Is Not Any Personal Matter; We Must Find The Link Between Ourselves, Our "personal Matter," And Society.

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Believe

Writing

Son

The Destination Of The Soul: This Is What I, Led On By Nils Holgersson, Came To Seek In The Literature Of Western Europe. I Fervently Hope That My Pursuit, As A Japanese, Of Literature And Culture Will, In Some Small Measure, Repay Western Europe For The Light It Has Shed Upon The Human Condition.

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Europe

Soul