NIP THE BUDS SHOOT THE KIDS • Kenzaburo Oe
Marion Boyars / 1995
Hardcover
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wartime to a remote mountain village where they are feared and detested by the local peasants. When plague breaks out, the villagers flee, blocking the boys inside the deserted town. Their brief attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love, and tribal valor is doomed in the face of death and the adult nightmare of war.
︎ Condition note: A used book in Acceptable condition / An Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings / rubbing / tanning to pages / binding is good / a good reading copy
Marion Boyars / 1995
Hardcover
Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of 15 teenage reformatory boys evacuated in wartime to a remote mountain village where they are feared and detested by the local peasants. When plague breaks out, the villagers flee, blocking the boys inside the deserted town. Their brief attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love, and tribal valor is doomed in the face of death and the adult nightmare of war.
︎ Condition note: A used book in Acceptable condition / An Ex-Library copy with usual stamps and markings / rubbing / tanning to pages / binding is good / a good reading copy