'One of Japan's most venerated writers' David Mitchell In this unnerving fable from one of Japan's greatest novelists, a recluse known as 'Mole' retreats to a vast underground bunker, only to find that strange guests, booby traps and a giant toilet may prove even greater obstacles than nuclear disaster. 'As

An underground quarry is converted into a huge nuclear shelter called an "ark" by its creator, a half-mad inventor who calls himself Mole, who begins to recruit passengers

An underground quarry is converted into a huge nuclear shelter called an "ark" by its creator, a half-mad inventor who calls himself Mole, who begins to recruit passengers

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These papers explore the debate over new directions in Japanese studies.