“I am one of the writers who wish to create serious works of literature which dissociate themselves from those novels which are mere reflections of the vast consumer cultures of Tokyo and the subcultures of the world at large.” WorldCultureLiteratureWishNovelSeriousReflectionMereConsumersTokyoSubcultureConsumer CultureSerious Work Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“The destination of the soul: this is what I, led on by Nils Holgersson, came to seek in the literature of Western Europe. I fervently hope that my pursuit, as a Japanese, of literature and culture will, in some small measure, repay Western Europe for the light it has shed upon the human condition.” HumansSoulLightCultureLiteratureConditionsEuropeWesternPursuitDestinationHuman ConditionShedWestern Europe Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“It is the second job of literature to create myth. But its first job is to destroy it.” FirstsJobsLiteratureMyth Author:Kenzaburo Oe
“I think I am doing my works to link myself, my family, with society — with the cosmos. To link me with my family to the cosmos, that is easy, because all literature has some mystic tendency. So when we write about our family, we can link ourselves to the cosmos.” ThinkingWritingLiteratureEasyMy FamilyTendenciesOur FamilyCosmosLinksMystic Author:Kenzaburo Oe
