Description
Title: Ark Sakura, The
Author: ABE KOBO
Illustrator: CARPENTER JULIET WINTERS(TRANS)
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 02/11/2023
Imprint: PENGUIN CLASSIC
Price: $23.00
Publishing status: Active
New in Penguin Japanese Classics- a surreal work of apocalyptic science fiction
Introducing Penguin Japanese Classics- a collection of some of Japan’s most celebrated and ground-breaking 20th century writers, with covers inspired by Japanese art and design. Taking us from a sun-drenched affair in a seaside town to an underground ‘ark’ full of shadows and eccentrics, with stops at mountains of skulls, lonely apartments and boarding school dormitories, this series is perfect for new and long-time readers of Japanese literature.
A recluse known as ‘Mole’ retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests, booby traps and a giant toilet may prove even greater obstacles than nuclear disaster. A science-fiction classic from acclaimed Japanese novelist Kobo Abe, The Ark Sakura’s Kafkaesque embrace of nuclear disaster and ecological catastrophe is at turns both hilarious and desperate.
‘One of Japan’s most venerated writers’ David Mitchell
Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter
Series: Japanese Classics
ISBN: 9780241675304
Weight: 247g
Dimension: 198mm X 129mm
Pages: 336