Death by Drowning - Kenzaburo Oe

Section: Translated novels

Number of pages: 532 pages

Publisher: Al Matbouat Company for Distribution and Publishing

The novel is about a famous writer named Cogito, in his seventies. He finds himself forced to write a novel about the circumstances of his father's death. Cogito returns to his village to receive a red leather box containing documents and details related to his father, and his death by drowning during World War II, which allowed his memories to flow about the entire period, from political and social situations and family relationships, to the father's affiliations and friendships, and his secret meetings, which raise questions. The box reveals the secrets of that period, with its contents of books and papers, documenting the father's last journey in the waters