Of Birds Crying – A Novel Oba Wilson Wilson Hardback John Wiley & Sons

Of Birds CryingA Novel\nAuthor(s): Minako Oba, Michiko N. Wilson, Michael K. Wilson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Cornell University East Asia Program\nISBN-13: 9781933947303, 978-1933947303\nSynopsis\nOf Birds Crying (Naku tori no, 1985), the recipient of the Noma Bungei Prize, is loosely based on the author's own life, recounting six months in the lives of Yurie Mama, a well-established middle-aged novelist married to a scientist. In this deeply psychological novel, a tapestry of extraordinary moments expands and interconnects via interior monologues and dialogues ranging from the humorous and farcical to the somber and meditative. Acutely perceptive social and cross-cultural commentaries fill the narrator's voice and the characters' conversations. Long-forgotten incidents come back to life, triggered by the sight of an ancient tree, the name of a flower, or the crying of a bird, and memories spawn tales within tales. Despite the fa.