SOURCE: Wilson, Michiko N. “Occupied Japan: Tales of a Gigolo.” In The Marginal World of Oe Kenzaburo: A Study in Themes and Techniques, pp. 22-32. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1986.
In the following essay, Wilson discusses Ōe's preoccupation with sexual “submission and liberation” in Our Times, noting that most Japanese critics responded negatively to the work's avant-garde subject matter.
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