A Personal Matter Kenzaburo Oe Pdf -

The plot is deceptively simple, revolving around a young intellectual named Bird. Bird teaches cram school classes and dreams of traveling to Africa, a place that represents for him a romantic escape from the stifling conformity of Japanese society. However, his dreams are shattered when his wife gives birth to a baby boy with a brain hernia—a severe deformity that doctors suggest will likely lead to a vegetative existence or early death.