Introduction by Oe KenzaburoWhen I wrote The Silent Cry, I sought to confront the deep contradictions within the human heart: violence inherited across generations, the fear and love between brothers, and the silence of memory that demands to be heard.In moving this story from a Japanese village to the hollows of Appalachia, what emerges is not a distortion but a … [Read more...] about Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry: Appalachia’s Legacy of Memory