Of Birds Crying - A Novel (Paperback)

Of Birds Crying (Naku tori no, 1985), the recipient of the Noma Bungei Prize, is loosely based on the author's own life, recounting six months in the lives of Yurie Mama, a well-established middle-aged novelist married to a scientist. In this deeply psychological novel, a tapestry of extraordinary moments expands and interconnects via interior monologues and dialogues ranging from the humorous and farcical to the somber and meditative. Acutely perceptive social and cross-cultural commentaries fill the narrator's voice and the characters' conversations. Long-forgotten incidents come back to life, triggered by the sight of an ancient tree, the name of a flower, or the crying of a bird, and memories spawn tales within tales. Despite the fact that the characters' motives for their actions defy prediction, these seemingly disparate elements are woven into a coherent whole, a reflection of the interdependency of humanity and nature in its wholeness that is one of the many underlying threads of the story.

General

Imprint:	Cornell University East Asia Program
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	New Japanese Horizons
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	June 2012
Authors:	Minako Oba
Translators:	Michiko N. Wilson • Michael K. Wilson
Dimensions:	241 x 165 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	276
ISBN-13:	978-1-933947-60-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	1-933947-60-8
Barcode:	9781933947600

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