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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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:Weatherhead Books on Asia
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