Japan, the ambiguous, and myself
Subtitle: the Nobel Prize speech and other lectures
By: Kenzaburo Oe.
Contributors: Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Kodansha International
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Tokyo; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
Subjects: Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-; Humanism; Japan -- Civilization -- 1945-
Description: In December 1994, on the acceptance of only the second Nobel Prize awarded to a Japanese writer, Kenzaburo Oe gave a speech that was a message for mankind: one that pledged his own faith in tolerance and human decency; in the renunciation of war; and in the healing power of art - the power to calm and purify.

Other key addresses he has given elsewhere join the Nobel lecture in this volume, giving a wider view of the work of a literary activist who sees himself as one of a dying breed in the intellectual life of his own country.
Table of contents: title: Speaking on Japanese culture before a Scandinavian audience --; title: On modern and contemporary Japanese literature --; title: Japan's dual identity, a writer's dilemma --; title: Japan, the ambiguous, and myself.