The Changeling by Kenzaburo Oe, Deborah Boehm
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ISBN: 9789500785006
Publisher : Grove Press - 8 February 2011
Hardcover, 480 Pages
The Changeling (translated by Deborah Boliver Boehm) introduces us to Kogito Choko, a successful Japanese writer in his sixties. At the start of the novel, he’s listening to a series of cassette recordings that his brother-in-law, the famous film director Goro Hanawa, has sent him. These tapes, full of Goro’s thoughts, are a nice way for Kogito to pass the time – until, that is, Goro commits suicide, falling, or leaping, from a tall building…