The Ark Sakura (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307389633)

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.

Author: Kobo Abe
ISBN-10: 0307389634
ISBN-13: 9780307389633
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 02/10/2009
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d