A Quiet Life

Klappentext "A Quiet Life" is narrated by Ma-chan, a young woman who at the age of 20 gets caught up in an unusual family situation. Her father is a famous novelist; her older brother is brain-damaged but possesses a gift for music; and her mother's life is devoted to caring for them both. When her father is offered a visiting professorship in an American university, Ma-chan finds herself at the center of family relationships that she must begin to redefine. Zusammenfassung A Quiet Life is an uncanny blend of the real with the imagined! of memoir with fiction. A Quiet Life is narrated by Ma-chan! a twenty-year-old woman. Her father is a famous and fascinating novelist; her older brother! though severely brain damaged! possesses an almost magical gift for musical composition; and her mother's life is devoted to the care of them both. Ma-chan and her younger brother find themselves emotionally on the outside of this oddly constructed nuclear family. But when her father accepts a visiting professorship from an American university! Ma-chan finds herself suddenly the head of the household and at the center of family relationships that she must begin to redefine.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Et al, Oe, Kenzabur o Oe, Kenzabur O. Oe, Kenzaburo Oe, William Wetherall, Kunioki Yanagishita
• Mitarbeit: William Wetherall (Übersetzung), Kunioki Yanagishita (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Avalon travel publishing
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 08.12.1997
• EAN: 9780802135469
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3546-9
• Seiten: 240
• Serien: Oe, Kenzaburo; Oe, Kenzaburo
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Japan, Fiction in translation, c 1990 to c 1999, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Asian / Japanese, Ma-chan;musical composition;America;family;relationships