{"product_id":"9780802150615","title":"A Personal Matter","description":"\u003cp\u003eKenzaburo Oe, the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature, is internationally acclaimed as one of the most important and influential post-World War II writers, known for his powerful accounts of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and his own struggle to come to terms with a mentally handicapped son. The Swedish Academy lauded Oe for his \"poetic force [that] creates an imagined world where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today.\" His most popular book, A Personal Matter is the story of Bird, a frustrated intellectual in a failing marriage whose Utopian dream is shattered when his wife gives birth to a brain-damaged child. \"In writing novels there is no substitute for maturity and moral awareness. Kenzaburo Oe has both.\"--Alan Levensohn, Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press \/ Atlantic Monthly Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48215013032171,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":32.96,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9780802150615-1.jpg?v=1781638695","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9780802150615","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}