Beasts Head for Home? : : A Novel / / Kōbō Abe.
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 d...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Weatherhead Books on Asia
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (224 p.) |
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| Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Rusted Tracks -- Chapter 2. The Flag -- Chapter 3. The Trap -- Chapter 4. Doors |
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| Summary: | 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. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 9780231544665 9783110649826 9783110543308 |
| DOI: | 10.7312/abe-17704 |
| Access: | restricted access |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Kōbō Abe. |