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2009 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe

Death by Water (Japanese: 水死, Hepburn: Suishi, "Drowning") is a 2009 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe.

It was published in hardcover by Kodansha on 15 December 2009.^[1] It was published in paperback in 2012.^[3] An English translation by Deborah Boliver Boehm was published in 2015.^[2] The novel is the fifth in a series with the main character of Kogito Choko, who can be considered Ōe's literary alter ego.

The novel was longlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.^[4]

Plot

The novel takes place partially in Tokyo but is primarily set in the forests of Shikoku and Kogito Choko's family home located in his hometown village in Shikoku.

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As a child in World War II, Kogito watched his father drown in a river. He returns to Shikoku in search of a red leather case which he believes contains documents that will answer the mysteries behind his father's life and death.

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