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The Navidad Incident

Published
Mar 2012
Main Genre
Literary Literary
Pages
350

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In this sweeping magical-realist epic set in the fictional south sea island Republic of Navidad, Ikezawa gives his imagination free rein to reinvent the myths of the twentieth century Japan. The story takes off as a delegation of Japanese war veterans pays an official visit to the ex-World War II colony, only to see the Japanese flag burst into flames. The following day, the tour bus, and its passengers, simply vanish. The locals exchange absurd rumors—the bus was last seen attending Catholic mass, the bus must have skipped across the lagoon—but the president suspects a covert guerrilla organization is trying to undermine his connections with Japan. Can the real answers to the mystery be found, or will the president have to be content with the surreal answers?

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First Edition Mar 2012 VIZ Media ISBN13 9781421549835 ISBN10 1421549832
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Mar 2012 Haikasoru/VIZ Media ISBN10 B007MCWM8W
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