Sept-Oct '03: Battle Royale - Koushun Takami
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by Koushun Takami
Publisher: Viz Communications (February 2003)
ISBN: 156931778X
about 600+ pages.
Sorry about the delay, I had such a hard time deciding between your recommendations...
Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: 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 one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan--where it then proceeded to become a runawy bestseller--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 dogmeat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language.
they're linked via the BOOKCLUB website
unfortunately I think Amazon.com is sold out at the moment
I recommend S.O. at your favorite bookstore or [url]www.BN.com[/url] .
Thanks to Kareem for his help on making the bookclub site a reality.
Hey I read that this summer out of boredom and was pleasantly surprised.
I'm sure it's just a result from the translation but it got really irritating how it says "that's right" like every other page. It is a good book though. I've yet to see the movie since it's unavailable in North America.
just order the movie dude. it's available in region one. and yeah the book was really good.
That's right.
Im an owner of the book, I havn't read it yet, but I have the movie on DVD. You can usually find it on Ebay.
The book looked pretty intimidating, 600 pages and translated, and the translation was like uber professional and the words were very wordy....that and I'm not good at remembering japanese names so it makes it harder for me to follow. I'll tackle it someday. Great movie though, even if it isn't anything like the book.
Anyone familiar with Koushun Takami?
What's he all about?
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yeah i purchased the book months back but didnt have a chance to read it yet. josh tried to read it while he was here..and you're right..all those japanese names can be confusing esp if you dont know any japanese. i listed that in my recommendations on my profile page (about hosts..etc). now i just have to read it...but ...dammit school reading is just too much
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The new site looks really good!
New book sounds pretty interesting too. Are you going to link it or is it already listed in the "BOOKSTORE" on this site?