Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802134639)

Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wartime to a remote mountain village where they are feared and detested by the local peasants. When plague breaks out, the villagers flee, blocking the boys inside the deserted town. Their brief attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love, and tribal valor is doomed in the face of death and the adult nightmare of war.

Author: Kenzaburo Oe
ISBN-10: 0802134637
ISBN-13: 9780802134639
Publisher: Grove Press
Language: English
Published: 06/13/1996
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 08/04/1996 pg. 28