# The Ark Sakura

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- Book: [The Ark Sakura](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe/the-ark-sakura) ([The Ark Sakura.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe/the-ark-sakura.md))
- Authors: [Kōbō Abe](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobo-abe)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4199-318-8
- Published: 2021-06-03
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse, Mole has converted a huge underground quarry into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew, he falls for the tricks of a wily insect dealer and his friends. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by first a gang of youths and then a sinister group of elderly people, before Mole himself becomes trapped in the ark's central piece of equipment - a giant toilet powerful enough to flush almost anything out to sea . . . A science-fiction classic from acclaimed Japanese novelist Kobe Abe, The Ark Sakura 's Kafkaesque embrace of nuclear disaster and ecological catastrophe is at turns both hilarious and desperate.