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.

Product details

• Authors: et al, OE, Kenzabur o Oe, Kenzabur O. Oe, Kenzaburo Oe, William Wetherall, Kunioki Yanagishita
• Assisted by: William Wetherall (Translation), Kunioki Yanagishita (Translation)
• Publisher: Avalon travel publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.12.1997
• EAN: 9780802135469
• ISBN: 978-0-8021-3546-9
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Oe, Kenzaburo; Oe, Kenzaburo
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Japan, Fiction in translation, c 1990 to c 1999, CULTURAL HERITAGE / Asian / Japanese, Ma-chan;musical composition;America;family;relationships