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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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The Destination Of The Soul: This Is

Kenzaburo Oe

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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