SOURCE: Rubin, Merle. “Strange Beauty amid Horror, Grief.” Christian Science Monitor 87, no. 115 (10 May 1995): 14.
In the following essay, Rubin notes that, although Ōe's writing explores uniquely Japanese issues and themes, the virtuosity of Ōe's prose has allowed his works to take “their place in the global pantheon.”
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