The Ark Sakura - Kobo Abe Ebisu Yoshikazu and plays in both Yiddish

and plays in both Yiddish and Hebrew

the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers

aristocratic adventurer

mathematically based creations that support his theory of the unity of all living things

and installations to bring the Mounds' world to life

The Ark Sakura - Kobo Abe Ebisu Yoshikazu and plays in both YiddishThe Ark Sakura by Kobo Abe ISBN 9780241454589 374 page paperback from Penguin Classics *** 'One of Japan's most venerated writers' David Mitchell In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, a recluse known as 'Mole' retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests, booby traps and a giant toilet may prove even greater obstacles than nuclear disaster. 'As is true of Poe and Kafka, Abe creates an unexpected