The Ark Sakura
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The Ark Sakura
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2021-06-03
The Ark Sakura written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-03 with Fiction categories.
'One of Japan's most venerated writers' David Mitchell In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, 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. 'As is true of Poe and Kafka, Abe creates an unexpected impulsion. One continues reading, on and on' New Yorker 'Abe's depiction of the deadly game of survival is hilarious but at the same time leaves us with a chilling sense of apprehension about the brave new world that awaits us' Los Angeles Times
The Ark Sakura
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Author : Kōbō Abe
language : en
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date : 1988
The Ark Sakura written by Kōbō Abe and has been published by Knopf this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Fiction categories.
The protagonist of Abe's creation, nicknamed Mole by himself and Pig by others, is a dreamer and something of a mad inventor. He turns an underground quarry into an ark that can survive a nuclear war and starts to recruit passengers to accompany him on a voyage.
The Ruined Map
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-12-14
The Ruined Map written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with Fiction categories.
Of all the great Japanese novelists, Kobe Abe was indubitably the most versatile. With The Ruined Map, he crafted a mesmerizing literary crime novel that combines the narrative suspense of Chandler with the psychological depth of Dostoevsky. Mr. Nemuro, a respected salesman, disappeared over half a year ago, but only now does his alluring yet alcoholic wife hire a private eye. The nameless detective has but two clues: a photo and a matchbook. With these he embarks upon an ever more puzzling pursuit that leads him into the depths of Tokyo's dangerous underworld, where he begins to lose the boundaries of his own identity. Surreal, fast-paced, and hauntingly dreamlike, Abe’s masterly novel delves into the unknowable mysteries of the human mind. Translated from the Japanese by E. Dale Saunders.
The Face Of Another
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-12-14
The Face Of Another written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-14 with Fiction categories.
Like an elegantly chilling postscript to The Metamorphosis, this classic of postwar Japanese literature describes a bizarre physical transformation that exposes the duplicities of an entire world. The narrator is a scientist hideously deformed in a laboratory accident–a man who has lost his face and, with it, his connection to other people. Even his wife is now repulsed by him. His only entry back into the world is to create a mask so perfect as to be undetectable. But soon he finds that such a mask is more than a disguise: it is an alternate self–a self that is capable of anything. A remorseless meditation on nature, identity and the social contract, The Face of Another is an intellectual horror story of the highest order.
Secret Rendezvous
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-10-29
Secret Rendezvous written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Fiction categories.
'A gorgeously entertaining, provocative book' Chicago Tribune It is 4am when the ambulance comes to take the man's wife away - although no-one has called it, and there is nothing wrong with her. As he sets out to find her, he finds himself in the corridors of a vast underground hospital, where he encounters sinister medics, freakish sexual experiments and the unmistakable feeling of being watched. Even when he is suddenly appointed as the hospital's chief of security, reporting to a man who thinks he is a horse, he will not give up his search. Secret Rendezvous is a nightmarish satire of bureaucracy, medicine and modern life. 'Reads as if it were the collaborative effort of Hieronymus Bosch, Franz Kafka and Mel Brooks' Chicago Sun Times
The Ruined Map
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-10-29
The Ruined Map written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Fiction categories.
'A brilliant display of pyrotechnics, a compelling tour de force ... by a master jeweller of polished prose' The New York Times A private detective is hired to find a missing person, but nothing is normal about this case. Why has the beautiful, alcoholic wife of the vanished salesman waited over half a year to search for him? Why are the only clues a photo and a matchbox? As the investigator's ever-more puzzling hunt takes him into the labyrinthine depths of the urban underworld, he begins to wonder if it is in fact he who is lost. An intoxicating blend of noir thriller and surreal dream, The Ruined Map questions identity itself. 'An exciting, imaginative and entertaining novel' San Francisco Chronicle
The Box Man
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Author : Kobo Abe
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2020-10-29
The Box Man written by Kobo Abe and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Fiction categories.
'A spellbinder from beginning to end, an edgy masterpiece' Chicago Sun Times 'This is the record of a box man'. Anonymous and alone, the box man peeps out of his cut-out eyeholes and watches the world from behind his four cardboard walls. At first repulsed by the strange phenomenon of people who have decided to abandon society and live in boxes on the Tokyo streets, he has found himself drawn into the anonymity and voyeurism of their life. As he becomes obsessed with spying on a young nurse, his identity slips away, in Kobo Abe's eerie, disorienting and seductive masterpiece of unease. 'Funny, sad and destructive ... an invention with its own crazy pull, it gnaws at the reader ... a stunning addition to the literature of eccentricity' The New York Times
The Woman In The Dunes
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Author : 安部公房
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Release Date : 1964
The Woman In The Dunes written by 安部公房 and has been published by Penguin Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Fiction categories.
In a remote seaside village, Niki Jumpei, an amateur entomologist, is held captive at the bottom of a vast sand pit where he is pressed into shovelling off the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten the village.
Beyond The Curve
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Author : Kōbō Abe
language : en
Publisher: Kodansha Amer Incorporated
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Beyond The Curve written by Kōbō Abe and has been published by Kodansha Amer Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with Fiction categories.
A collection of works including such stories as "An Irrelevant Death," "The Dream Soldier," "Dendrocalia," "The Special Envoy," and "The Crime of S. Karma"
Rethinking Japan Vol 1
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Author : Adriana Boscaro
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2014-01-27
Rethinking Japan Vol 1 written by Adriana Boscaro and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-27 with Social Science categories.
These papers explore the debate over new directions in Japanese studies.