In anticipation of a coming nuclear apocalypse Mole has converted a huge underground quarry
into an 'ark'. While searching for his crew he falls for the tricks of a wily insect dealer
and his friends. In the surreal drama that ensues the ark is invaded by first a gang of youths
and then a sinister group of elderly people before Mole himself becomes trapped in the ark's
central piece of equipment - a giant toilet powerful enough to flush almost anything out to sea
. . . A science-fiction classic from acclaimed Japanese novelist Kobe Abe The Ark Sakura's
Kafkaesque embrace of nuclear disaster and ecological catastrophe is at turns both hilarious
and desperate.
