Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels: The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness, Aghwee the Sky Monster
About this title: These four novels display Oe's passionate and original vision. Oe was ten when American jeeps first drove into the mountain village where he lived, and his literary work reveals the tension and ambiguity forged by the collapse of values of his childhood on the one hand and the confrontation with American writers on the other. The earliest of his novels included here, Prize Stock, reveals the strange relationship between a Japanese boy and a captured black American pilot in a Japanese village. Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness tells of the close relationship between an outlandishly fat father ...
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Edition: First Printing of First Edition Stated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
Description: Evelyn Kim Cover. As New. 5 1/2" x 8" 261 pages. This is probably a 1994 reprint. as the the number 1194 appears beneath the publishers name and address on the bottom of the back cover. Contents: Introduction, The He Himself Shall Wiipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness and Aghwee The Sky Monster. He is internationally acknowledged as one of the most important influential post-World War 2 writers. These four novels display his passionate and original vision. Oe was ten ... read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
Description: Fine. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. Near-perfect condition; from a private collection. read more
Edition: Reprint. Recent printing of 1977 book
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1977
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Nearly new, clean, tight, unmarked text, appears unread. Covers with slightest of shelf wear. Uncreased spine. Very nice copy. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Press, 1994
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
Description: 080215185X Soft Cover. Fine Reissue. Trade Edition. Apparent reissue of this book, first printed in 1977, still carries 1977 issue info on copyright page. Nobel Prize sticker on front cover. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Grove Pr
Date Published: 1977-12-01
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 10/13/1994
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
Description: New. 080215185X Softcover, nice & Clean, Brand New, No problems, Binding/ Pages/Cover excellent. makes a great gift for the holidays! ! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Date Published: 1994-10-13
ISBN-13:9780802151858ISBN:080215185X
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