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A review by lauren_endnotes
Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels: The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our by Kenzaburō Ōe
Completed 2 of the 4 novellas in this one:
"Aghwee the Sky Monster"
"The Days He Himself Shall Wipe Away My Tears"
Kenzaburō Ōe's 2 novellas / short stories "Aghwee the Sky Monster" and "The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away" left major impressions earlier this month. Both are meditations on death and grief and characters' memories and coping mechanisms through trauma. Children and childhood seem to play a role in many of Ōe's works, as it did in both these novellas - Aghwee features the ghost of a deceased infant, and "Tears" focused heavily on childhood memories of WWII.
Since I only read 2 of the 4 novellas in this one, I will be back to read the other 2 - the titular "Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness" and "Prize Stock".
"Aghwee the Sky Monster"
"The Days He Himself Shall Wipe Away My Tears"
Kenzaburō Ōe's 2 novellas / short stories "Aghwee the Sky Monster" and "The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away" left major impressions earlier this month. Both are meditations on death and grief and characters' memories and coping mechanisms through trauma. Children and childhood seem to play a role in many of Ōe's works, as it did in both these novellas - Aghwee features the ghost of a deceased infant, and "Tears" focused heavily on childhood memories of WWII.
Since I only read 2 of the 4 novellas in this one, I will be back to read the other 2 - the titular "Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness" and "Prize Stock".