A few weeks ago, I taught the book “A Personal Matter” by Kenzaburō Ōe. It’s an extraordinary novel, a man’s wife gives birth to a child with what they’re told is a “brain hernia”. They’re told the baby is destined to either die or be severely disabled. The man is instructed not to tell his wife about what’s wrong. He contemplates allowing the child to …
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