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FURTHER READING

CRITICISM

Allen, Louis. “Piranesian Prospects.” Times Literary Supplement (12 August 1988): 892.

Negative review of The Ark Sakura, faulting the story development of the novel.

Leithauser, Brad. “Severed Futures: Kōbō Abé's The Ark Sakura.” In Penchants & Places: Essays and Criticism, pp. 230-37. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995.

Provides a thematic and stylistic analysis of The Ark Sakura, deeming the novel as one of Abe's more successful works.

Additional coverage of Abé's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 65-68, 140; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 24, 60; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 8, 22, 53, 81; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 182; DISCovering Authors Modules: Novelists; Drama for Students, Vol....

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1. Introduction
2. Principal Works
3. Criticism
   1. Robert Garis (review date winter 1989)
   2. Wimal Dissanayake (essay date 1990)
   3. Raymond Lamont-Brown (essay date July 1993)
   4. Donald Keene (essay date 1993)
   5. Yoshio Iwamoto (review date summer 1994)
   6. Tony Dallas (review date fall 1994)
   7. Yoshio Iwamoto (review date winter 1997)
4. Further Reading
5. Copyright