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The Ark Sakura

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A surreal work of science fiction from one of Japan’s most brilliant novelist

 

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.

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A surreal work of science fiction from one of Japan’s most brilliant novelist

 

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.

 

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Paperback

2021

ISBN: 9780241454589

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