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The Ark Sakura

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Informationen zum Autor Kobo Abe was born in Tokyo in 1924, grew up in Manchuria, and returned to Japan in his early twenties. Before his death in 1993, Abe was considered his country's foremost living novelist. His novels have earned many literary awards and prizes, and have all been bestsellers in Japan. They include THE WOMAN IN THE DUNES, THE ARK SAKURA, THE FACE OF ANOTHER, THE BOX MAN, and THE RUINED MAP. Juliet Winters Carpenter is an award-winning translator of Japanese writing. She has translated dozens of works, including fiction, poetry and philosphy, as well as three novels by Kobo Abe. Klappentext In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew, he falls for the tricks of a wily insect dealer and his friends. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by first a gang of youths and then a sinister group of elderly people, before Mole himself becomes trapped in the ark's central piece of equipment - a giant toilet powerful enough to flush almost anything out to sea . . . A science-fiction classic from acclaimed Japanese novelist Kobe Abe, The Ark Sakura's Kafkaesque embrace of nuclear disaster and ecological catastrophe is at turns both hilarious and desperate. Zusammenfassung 'One of Japan's most venerated writers' David Mitchell In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, a recluse known as 'Mole' retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests, booby traps and a giant toilet may prove even greater obstacles than nuclear disaster. 'As is true of Poe and Kafka, Abe creates an unexpected impulsion. One continues reading, on and on' 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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Authors Kobo Abe
Assisted by Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translation), Carpenter Juliet Winters (Translation)
Publisher Penguin Books Uk
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback
Released 03.06.2021
 
EAN 9780241454589
ISBN 978-0-241-45458-9
No. of pages 384
Dimensions 111 mm x 181 mm x 35 mm
Series Penguin Classics
Penguin Science Fiction
Subjects Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy
Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy > Science fiction

Japan, FICTION / Literary, Narrative theme: Interior life, Classic science fiction, Science fiction: apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic

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