The Ark SakuraA 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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User Review - SqueakyChu - LibraryThingI thoroughly enjoyed the experience of reading this brilliant book. Kobo Abe wrote the weirdest stuff. This novel is mesmerizing, imaginative, absurd and fun to read. Some parts of this story are ... Read full review
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User Review - dbsovereign - LibraryThingA must read for all survivalists. Along with Merle's _Malevil_. Abe's characters also face brutal reality with a relentless resolve. And under stress, they collide with bullet directness. Read full review
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 24 |
Section 4 | 37 |
Section 5 | 49 |
Section 6 | 63 |
Section 7 | 73 |
Section 8 | 90 |
Section 14 | 176 |
Section 15 | 200 |
Section 16 | 209 |
Section 17 | 229 |
Section 18 | 238 |
Section 19 | 249 |
Section 20 | 260 |
Section 21 | 274 |
Section 9 | 103 |
Section 10 | 113 |
Section 11 | 123 |
Section 12 | 142 |
Section 13 | 155 |
Section 22 | 289 |
Section 23 | 313 |
Section 24 | 335 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Ark Sakura Vintage International |
| Author | Kobo Abe |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009 |
| ISBN | 0307389634, 9780307389633 |
| Length | 352 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary Fiction / Magical Realism Fiction / Psychological |
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