The ark Sakura
Subtitle: a novel
By: Kobo Abe ; translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter.
Contributors: Carpenter, Juliet Winters.
Edition: 2nd Vintage International ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9780307389633
Work titles: Hakobune Sakura Maru.
Description: 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, lead 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--Publisher's description.
Notes: Translation of: Hakobune Sakura Maru.