The changeling / Kenzaburō Ōe ; translated from the Japanese by Deborah Boliver Boehm.
Other Titles: Chenjiringu. English
Author: Ōe, Kenzaburō, 1935-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : [Berkeley, Calif.] : Grove Press ; Distributed by Publishers Group West, c2010.
ISBN: 9780802119360
0802119360
Description: 468 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject: Authors, Japanese Fiction.
Male friendship Fiction.
Suicide Fiction.
Japan Fiction.
Berlin (Germany) Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Summary: Late in his life, writer Kogito Choko reconnects with his estranged friend, the filmmaker Goro Hanawa. Goro's subsequent suicide causes Kogito to examine and reexamine Goro's life for clues that will lead him to understand his friend's path.