Beasts Head for Home? : A Novel Paperback / softback
by Kobo Abe
Part of the Weatherhead Books on Asia series
Paperback / softback
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In the aftermath of World War II, Kuki Kyuzo, 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.
Kyuzo 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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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Columbia University Press
- Publication Date:23/05/2017
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- ISBN:9780231177054
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Columbia University Press
- Publication Date:23/05/2017
- Category:
- ISBN:9780231177054
