Man'en gannen no futtōbōru

This is the Japanese original of the novel published in English as The Silent Cry, set in postwar Japan and a remote village in Shikoku. Two brothers, scarred in different ways, return home and face the legacy of their family and of an uprising said to have happened a century earlier. Their differing views of the past drive the story. It is a powerful exploration of memory, community and the roots of violence, and one of the central works of Ōe's career.