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Lochlan Bloom

Lochlan Bloom is a British novelist, screenwriter and short story writer. His writing is frequently focused on philosophical topics and features metafiction and unreliable narration.

Kenzaburo Oe, Death by Water

The Art of Repetition: Kenzaburo Oe’s Death by Water

by Lochlan Bloom
November 28, 2015

Oe again explores how fiction and truth mingle to create not just personal histories and relationships, but narratives of entire societies.

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