{"product_id":"9780802195432","title":"Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels: The Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away, Prize Stock, Teach Us to Outgrow Our","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize–winning “master of the bizarre plunges the reader into a world of tortured imagination” in this four-novella collection (\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this startling quartet of his most provocative stories, the multiple prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Personal Matter\u003c\/i\u003e reaffirms his reputation as “a supremely gifted writer” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Day He Himself Shall Wipe My Tears Away\u003c\/i\u003e, a self-absorbed narrator on his deathbed drifts off to the comforting strains of a cantata as he recalls a blistering childhood of militarism, sacrifice, humiliation, and revenge—a tale that is questioned by everyone who knew him. In \u003ci\u003ePrize Stock\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Akutagawa Prize, a black American pilot is downed in a Japanese village during World War II, where the local children see him as some rare find—exotic and forbidden. In \u003ci\u003eAghwee The Sky Monster\u003c\/i\u003e, the floating ghost of a baby inexplicably haunts a young man on the first day of his first job. And in the title story, a devoted father believes he is the only link between his mentally challenged son and reality.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] remarkable book.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Ōe is definitely one of the Modern Masters.” —Seattlepi.com","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128058364144,"sku":"9780802195432","price":9.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802195432_p0.jpg?v=1763726643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802195432","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}