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      The Ark Sakura

      by Kobo Abe
      Published
      Mar 1988
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      352
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      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.

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      General Fiction Speculative Fiction

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      Fantasy

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      Mar 1989 Vintage ISBN13 9780679721611 ISBN10 0679721614
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      Feb 2009 Vintage ISBN13 9780307389633 ISBN10 0307389634
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      Nov 2023 Penguin (UK) ISBN13 9780241675304 ISBN10 0241675308
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      First Edition Mar 1988 Knopf ISBN13 9780394558363 ISBN10 0394558367
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      Jun 2021 Penguin ISBN13 9780141993188 ISBN10 0141993189
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