Beasts Head for Home by Kōbō Abe

Beasts Head for Home

Weatherhead Books on Asia

Kōbō Abe with Richard F. Calichman (Translator)

224 pages first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous slow-paced
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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 ...

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