The Ark Sakura

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ISBN-10:

0394558367

ISBN-13:

9780394558363

Author(s): Abe, Kōbō
Edition: First Edition
Released: Mar 12, 1988
Publisher: KNOPF
Format: Hardcover, 333 pages
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Description:

A classic from the renowned Japanese novelist about isolation and the threat of a nuclear holocaust, The Ark Sakura is as timely today as it was at its original publication.

In this Kafkaesque allegorical fantasy, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an “ark” capable of surviving the coming nuclear holocaust and is now in search of his crew. He falls victim, however, to the wiles of a con man-cum-insect dealer. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by a gang of youths and a sinister group of elderly people called the Broom Brigade, led by Mole's odious father, while Mole becomes trapped in the ark's central piece of equipment, a giant toilet powerful enough to flush almost anything, including chopped-up humans, out to sea.


From the Trade Paperback edition.












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