The Changeling

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Kenzaburo Oe. The Changeling

The Changeling

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The Changeling

The Crazy Iris and Other Stories from the Atomic Aftermath (editor) Hiroshima Notes Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids A Personal Matter A Quiet Life Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age! Somersault Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness

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At one point there was a stretch of silence on the tape, and when Goro began talking again his voice sounded very different. It was immediately clear from his blurry diction that he’d had a few drinks during the break and had forgotten to stop the tape. “So anyway, that’s it for today—I’m going to head over to the Other Side now,” Goro said, quite casually.

After that declaration, there was a sound that Kogito eventually came to think of as the Terrible Thud. It was the sort of dramatic embellishment you would expect from a high-tech filmmaker like Goro, who was known for his skillful use of sound effects and composite recordings. Only later did Kogito realize that the thud was the noise you might hear when a heavy body fell from a high place and crashed onto the unyielding pavement below: Ka-thunk.

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