Football of 1860. The waters have engulfed me to my soul...

Football of 1860. The waters have engulfed me to my soul...

Published in 1967, «Football of 1860» instantly became a national bestseller: in just one year it went through 11 reprints and later brought its creator the prestigious Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Prize. The novel tells the story of two brothers who, by... the will of fate, return to their native village in search of the true meaning of life and their own «self»... The 1973 parable-dystopia «The waters have engulfed me to my soul...», whose title is borrowed from the biblical Book of the Prophet Jonah, is considered the main work of Nobel laureate in literature Kenzaburō Ōe. One fine day, Ooki Isana, the personal secretary of a famous politician, decides to become a recluse. Declaring himself the guardian of trees and whales — his most beloved creations in the world — he takes his five-year-old son away from his wife and moves into a private bomb shelter on the slope of a hill...

Author: Кэндзабуро Оэ

Printhouse: AST

Series: Библиотека классики

Age restrictions: 18+

Year of publication: 2025

ISBN: 9785171751326

Number of pages: 736

Size: 210x135x43 mm

Cover type: твердая

Weight: 668 g

ID: 1710176

Published in 1967, «Football of 1860» instantly became a national bestseller: in just one year it went through 11 reprints and later brought its creator the prestigious Jun'ichirō Tanizaki Prize. The novel tells the story of two brothers who, by the will of fate, return to their native village in search of the true meaning of life and their own «self»... The 1973 parable-dystopia «The waters have engulfed me to my soul...», whose title is borrowed from the biblical Book of the Prophet Jonah, is considered the main work of Nobel laureate in literature Kenzaburō Ōe. One fine day, Ooki Isana, the personal secretary of a famous politician, decides to become a recluse. Declaring himself the guardian of trees and whales — his most beloved creations in the world — he takes his five-year-old son away from his wife and moves into a private bomb shelter on the slope of a hill...

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