Monday, March 10, 2008

The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe

The Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe

The author of Woman in the Dunes funny and terrifying novel about an imminent post-apocalyptic Japan. - SBCL

The treatment of outcasts from Japanese society and international, social, and political issues, such as pollution and atomic power, are the subjects of this hyper-realistic novel. Appropriate for mature readers, this novel presents a Japanese rather than a Western viewpoint. - CDE

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