個人的な体験

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個人的な体験 is a semi-autobiographical 1964 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe that explores fatherhood, responsibility, and existential crisis through the story of a man whose newborn child has a brain hernia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Kenzaburō Ōe NERFINISHED
大江健三郎 NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
explores acceptance
alienation
escape from responsibility
guilt
maturity
genre novel
semi-autobiographical fiction
hasCharacterType disabled infant
lover
young father
hasEnglishTranslation A Personal Matter NERFINISHED
hasForm prose
hasPageCount approx. 250–300 pages
hasPlotElement birth of a child with a brain hernia
confrontation with responsibility
contemplation of infanticide
father’s psychological turmoil
search for personal freedom
hasSubject existential philosophy
parents of disabled children
postwar Japanese society
hasTargetAudience adult readers
hasTranslation A Personal Matter
influencedBy author’s experience of having a disabled child
languageOfWorkOrName ja
literaryMovement postwar Japanese literature
literaryPeriod Shōwa period NERFINISHED
mainTheme disability
existential crisis
fatherhood
moral choice
responsibility
narrativePerspective third-person
originalLanguage Japanese
protagonist Bird NERFINISHED
publicationDecade 1960s
publicationYear 1964
setting Japan NERFINISHED
translatedTitle A Personal Matter NERFINISHED
workOfAuthor 大江健三郎

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A Personal Matter originalTitle 個人的な体験