{"product_id":"beasts-head-for-home-65279-hardcover","title":"Beasts Head for Home\u0026#65279; - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKōbō Abe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Calichman\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 to the waters off Japan but finds himself unable to disembark. His nation remains inaccessible to him, and now he questions its very existence. \u003ci\u003eBeasts Head for Home\u003c\/i\u003e is an acute novel of identity, belonging, and the vagaries of human behavior from an exceptional modern Japanese author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbe Kobo (1924-1993) was one of Japan's greatest postwar writers, widely recognized for his imaginative fiction and plays of the absurd. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard F. Calichman is professor of Japanese studies at the City College of New York, CUNY. He is also the translator and editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Frontier Within: Essays by Abe Kobo\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 2013).\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452220354809,"sku":"9780231177047","price":180.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/qpB5ViTQdY9780231177047.webp?v=1779947565","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/beasts-head-for-home-65279-hardcover","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}