The Ark Sakura.
by ABE, KOBO
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York.: Alfred A. Knopf.. First Edition.. 1988.. Translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter. 336pp. Edges, pastedowns, boards and dustjacket little foxed, dustjacket lightly browned and trifle shelf worn, overall a good copy. Japanese literature. "A cross between Kafka and Alice in Wonderland." .
Synopsis
Kobo Abe (1924-1993) was one of the most acclaimed Japanese authors of the 20th century. His works include The Woman in the Dunes , Kangaroo Notebook , The Face of Another , The Box Man , The Ruined Map , Secret Rendezous , Inter Ice Age 4 , and several others. He was awarded the Tanizaki, Akutagawa, and Yomiuri Prizes.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Asia Bookroom (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 215513
- Title
- The Ark Sakura.
- Author
- ABE, KOBO
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf.
- Place of Publication
- New York.
- Date Published
- 1988.
- Keywords
- Asia, East Asia, Fiction, Japan, Literature, zz_Gallery_Out_of_Print_and_Secondhand_Books
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Asia Bookroom
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Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
About Asia Bookroom
Asia Bookroom is a large open shop specialising in books on Asia. We also have smaller sections on the Middle East and the Pacific. Our stock ranges from antiquarian books through to new books. We also carry ephemera relating to Asia including an interesting range of 19th and 20th Century ephemera published in East Asia in English, Chinese and Japanese.
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
Asia Bookroom issues regular specialised book lists on Asia and invite you to let us know your interests so that we can let you know of new arrivals as they come in to stock. And if you are in Australia's capital city Canberra we hope you will visit our shop!
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- First Edition
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...