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.
- Publisher: Penguin Classics UK
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Publication date:
03/06/2021
- ISBN: 9780241454589
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Page extent:
384
- Format: Paperback
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Dimensions:
181 mm x 112 mm
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