The Ark Sakura

Name: The Ark Sakura
Brand: VINTAGE
Price: 50.75 AUD

By: Kobo Abe

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Paperback | 10 February 2009

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352 Pages

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20.32 x 13.34 x 1.91

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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.

Industry Reviews

"A large, ambitious work about the lives of outcasts in modern Japan and such troubling themes as ecological destruction, old age, violence and nuclear war."
--The New York Times Book Review

"As is true of Poe and Kafka--two writers whose influence does seem apparent--Abe creates on the page an unexpected impulsion. One continues reading, on and on."
--The New Yorker

"Abe's depiction of the deadly game of survival is hilarious but at the same time leaves us with a chilling sense of apprehension about the brave new world that awaits us."
--Los Angeles Times

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