Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age Author:Kenzaburo Oe Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! is a virtuoso novel from one of todays finest authors. K is a famous writer living in Tokyo with his wife and three children, one of whom is mentally disabled. This child, Eeyore, has been doing disturbing thingsbehaving aggressively, asserting that hes dead, even brandishing a knife at his ... more »motherand K, given to retreat from reality into abstraction, looks for answers in his lifelong love of William Blakes poetry. As K struggles to understand his family and his place in it, he must also reevaluate his relationship with his own father and the duty of artists and writers in society. A remarkable portrait of the inexpressible bond between a father and his damaged son, Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! is the work of an unparalleled writer at his sparkling best.« less