Seventeen and J Two Novels - Oe, Kenzaburo

Kenzaburo Oe (author), Masao Miyoshi (introduction)

Paperback (01 May 1998)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Here are two novels by Japan's Nobel Prize-winning author. InSeventeen,a lost young man, raised in a country which falsifies its own history, is in the throes of becoming a right-wing activist and assassin. InJ,an increasingly isolated and psychotic youth takes up chikan, a game that involves sexually assaulting women on the crowded Tokyo trains.

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Book information

ISBN:	9781562010911
Publisher:	Foxrock Books
Imprint:	Running Press
Pub date:	01 May 1998
Number of pages:	204
Weight:	277g
Height:	230mm
Width:	153mm
Spine width:	15mm