![]() ![]() In a starred review, PW praised the ''outlandish shenanigans'' and. Among them is a deadpan matter-of-factness that gives his chilling vision of human destiny much of its impact. Kobo Abe, Author, Maryellen Toman Mori, Translator Vintage Books USA 15 (192p) ISBN 978-3-8. Kobo Abe was one of the seminal writers of Post-World War II Japan. Abe (The Woman in the Dunes, The Box Man), generally considered Japan's leading novelist, is a literary magician with a very special bag of tricks. What we talk about when we talk about Nightmares. /rebates/welcomeurlhttps3a2f2fKangaroo Notebook: A Novel by Abe, Kobo and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In the surreal drama that ensues, the ark is invaded by a gang of youths and a sinister group of elderly people called the Broom Brigade, led by Mole's odious father, while Mole gets his leg trapped in the ark's central piece of equipment, a giant toilet powerful enough to flush almost anything, including chopped-up humans, out to sea. In short order, Kobo Abe&039 s unraveling protagonist finds himself hurtling in a hospital bed to the very shores of hell. The principal character, nicknamed Mole, has converted a huge underground quarry into an ""ark'' capable of surviving the coming nuclear holocaust and is now in search of his ``crew.'' He falls victim, however, to the wiles of his first crew members, a con man-cum-insect dealer and his two shills, one of them a pretty young woman. The narrator of Kangaroo Notebook wakes on morning to discover that his legs are growing radish sprouts, an ailment that repulses his doctor but provides the patient with the unusual ability to snack on himself. ![]() Abe's first novel in eight yearsan allegorical fantasy at once Kafkaesque, funny and apocalpyticdazzles even when it may confuse. ![]()
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