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The ark sakura

ID 388019
Slug the-ark-sakura
Contributors
Author : Kobo Abe
Annotation
Description 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.
Bestseller 60
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300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
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Publisher Penguin UK
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 384
Duration
Publication date first 2021-01-28
Publication date latest 2021-06-08
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  • ISBN: 9780241454589 (BC)

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