Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids - Hardcover

Kenzaburo Oe

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714529974 ISBN 13: 9780714529974

Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 2000

Synopsis

The first novel by Japan's most celebrated living writer, Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of fifteen teenage reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village in wartime.When plague breaks out, their host abandon them and flee. However, the boys's brief, doomed attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love and tribal valour inevitably fail in the reflux of death and the adult nightmare of war.

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From the Back Cover:

The first novel by Japan's most celebrated living writer, Nip The Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of fifteen teenage reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village in wartime. The narrator who acts as nominal leader of the small band, his younger brother and their comrades are all delinquent outcasts, feared and detested by the local peasants. When plague breaks out, their hosts abandon them and flee, then blockade them inside the empty village, together with a young Korean, an army deserter and a girl evacuee. However, the boys' brief, doomed attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love and tribal valour inevitably fails with the reflux of death and the adult nightmare of war.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

About this edition

• Publisher: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0714529974
• ISBN 13: 9780714529974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 189