Overview
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.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307389633
- ISBN-10: 0307389634
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: February 2009
- Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.55 pounds
- Page Count: 352
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