"In this sweeping magical-realist epic set in the fictional south sea island republic of Navidad, Ikezawa gives his imagination free rein to reinvent the myths of twentieth-century Japan. A delegation of Japanese war veterans pays an official visit to the ex-World War II colony, only to see the Japanese flag burst into flames. The following day, the tour bus, and its passengers, simply vanish. The locals exchange absurd rumors - the bus was last seen attending Catholic mass, the bus must have skipped across the lagoon - but the president suspects a covert gueriila organization is trying to undermine his connections withJapan. Can the real answers to the mystery be found, or will the president have to be content with the surreal answers?"--Jacket p. [2].
UNIFORM TITLE
General Material Designation
Mashiasu Giri no shikkyaku.
Language (when part of a heading)
English
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Entry Element
Magic realism (Literature)
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
PL853
Book number
.
K45M3713
2012
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Ikezawa, Natsuki,
Dates
1945-
PERSONAL NAME - SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITY
Entry Element
Birnbaum, Alfred.
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Country
Iran
Agency
university of Tehran,central library and documentation center