Beasts Head for Home Contributor(s): Abe, Kōbō (Author), Calichman, Richard (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0231177054 ISBN-13: 9780231177054 Publisher: Columbia University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: May 2017 Click for more in this series: Weatherhead Books on Asia |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2016041666 |
Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" L (0.66 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Japanese |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/03/2017 Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2017 pg. 4 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyūzō, a Japanese youth raised in the puppet state of Manchuria, struggles to return home to Japan. What follows is a wild journey involving drugs, smuggling, chases, and capture. Kyūzō finally makes his way to the waters off Japan but finds himself unable to disembark. His nation remains inaccessible to him, and now he questions its very existence. Beasts Head for Home is an acute novel of identity, belonging, and the vagaries of human behavior from an exceptional modern Japanese author. |
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