Koushun Takami
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Battle Royale: Remastered -- Koushun Takami - Paperback
In a dystopian future Japan, forty-two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing. Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it became a runaway best seller--Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world.
Author: Koushun Takami
Publisher: Haikasoru
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.45w x 1.79d
ISBN: 9781421565989
Author: Koushun Takami
Publisher: Haikasoru
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 656
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.45w x 1.79d
ISBN: 9781421565989
About the Author
Koushun Takami was born in 1969 in Amagasaki near Osaka and grew up in Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku (the fourth largest island in Japan), where he currently resides. After graduating from Osaka University with a degree in literature, he worked for a newspaper company, Shikoku Shinbun, for five years, reporting on politics, police reports, and economics. Also, he attended Nihon University's liberal arts correspondence-course program and acquired an English teaching certificate for junior high and high school.