Death by Water by Kenzaburō Ōe

Death by Water

Kenzaburō Ōe with Deborah Boliver Boehm (Translator)

432 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction literary reflective slow-paced
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Kenzaburo Oe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for creating "an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today." In Death by Water, his recurring protagonist and literary alter-e...

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Community Reviews

3.01
based on 135 reviews

Moods

reflective: 92%

challenging: 53%

dark: 53%

emotional: 46%

sad: 38%

tense: 30%

adventurous: 15%

hopeful: 15%

informative: 15%

funny: 7%

inspiring: 7%

mysterious: 7%

relaxing: 7%


Pace

6% of readers chose medium
93% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

16% of readers chose Plot
25% of readers chose A mix
58% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

40% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
40% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

33% of readers chose Yes
41% of readers chose Complicated
16% of readers chose No
8% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
50% of readers chose No
Yes
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

70% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
10% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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