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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
by Kenzaburo Oe ; Maki Sugiyama ; Paul John Mackintosh
ISBN: 0714529974
ISBN-13: 9780714529974
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Oe's first novel recounts the exploits of fifteen teenagers from a reformatory who are evacuated to a remote mountain village in wartime.
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"This angry, engrossing novel was first published in 1958, when Kenzaburo Oe...was 23. It is an extraordinary first novel, an amazing achivement for a writer of any age....Mr. Oe has deliberately pared down the particularities of his setting. Apart from a handful of details, the events described could be taking place in any country, at any time, and this translation, though decidely British, skillfully perserves that effect. His uncompromising honesty is what gives the story its universality and what makes its grim ending such a persuasive warning." -- Lindsley Cameron
-- New York Times Book Review
"Unflinching about every ugly fact of life...it presents a world powerfully remembered, powerfully imagined."
-- Boston Globe
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist
Published date: 1995
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Weight: 0.75 pounds
Publisher's Notes
The first novel by Japan's most celebrated living writer, Nip The Buds, Shoot the Kids recounts the exploits of fifteen teenage reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village in wartime. The narrator who acts as nominal leader of the small band, his younger brother and their comrades are all delinquent outcasts, feared and detested by the local peasants. When plague breaks out, their hosts abandon them and flee, then blockade them inside the empty village, together with a young Korean, an army deserter and a girl evacuee. However, the boys' brief, doomed attempt to build autonomous lives of self-respect, love and tribal valour inevitably fails with the reflux of death and the adult nightmare of war.
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Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids
Kenzaburo Oe
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1995-04. Hardcover. Good. ( more information) Offered by Half Price Books, Inc. (United States)
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Nip The Buds, Shoot The Kids
Kenzaburo Oe
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd. Used - Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! ( more information) Offered by Better World Books (United States)
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids : A Novel
Oe, Kenzaburo; Mackintosh, Paul S. (translator); Sugiyama, Maki (translator)
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Marion Boyars Publishers, Incorporated. 1995. First Thus. H Hard Cover. As New. Light wear and rubbing to DJ. ( more information) Offered by Arundel Books of Seattle (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo
New York Marion Boyars 1995 Hardcover First American Edition VG+/NF Red cloth spine and boards. Library stamp on free front endpaper and top edge of textblock - otherwise NF. Translated from the Japanese by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Dust Jacket. Nobel Prize 1994. ( more information) Offered by Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
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Nip the buds Shoot the Kids
Oe, Kenzaburo (translated by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama)
London: Marion Boyars, 1995. good/very good; frontis removed; 2 slits on title page seems to be caused by an exacto knife; all else-clean, tight, & attractive; dj protected by new mylar wrap. red boards with gilt lettering; 8 vo; decorated dj; 189 pages. author is winner of 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. ( more information) Offered by Rosebud Books (United States)
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OE, KENZABURO
London: Marion Boyars, 1995. Hardcover. As New/As New. First edition in English, first printing. Hardcover. Very fine book in very fine dj. ( more information) Offered by Thomas Books (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo (Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama, Translators)
London: Marion Boyars, 1995 Translated from the Japanese by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Slight scuffing to DJ and sides of closed pages.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Book Buffs, Ltd. (United States)
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Nip the Buds Shoot the Kids
Oe, Kenzaburo
London/New York: Marion Boyars, 1995. Full red cloth binding. 189 pp. Translated and Introduced by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Dust jacket, slightly rubbed at tips, light scratch to rear panel, offered in new mylar cover.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by Turn-The-Page Books (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo
London: London: Marion Boyars, 1995, 1995 Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-library Good/Good. 189 pp. MB80. First Edition. ( more information) Offered by Neil G. Marshall (Canada)
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OE, Kenzaburo
NY/London: Marion Boyars. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0714529974 . Translated from the Japanese and introduced by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. First edition thus. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . ( more information) Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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NIP THE BUDS, SHOOT THE KIDS
Oe, Kenzaburo
London, Boyars [1995] . First U.K. Edition. Original language publication was 1958. Translated from Japanese by Paul St. John Mackintosh et al. Hardcover, fine in fine DJ. ISBN 0714529974 . ( more information) Offered by BUCKS COUNTY BOOKSHOP (United States)
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OE, Kenzaburo
New York: Marion Boyars, 1995. Translated & introduced by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama; 189pp.. ISBN: 0714529974. First U.S. Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Fiction. ( more information) Offered by abookshop.com (United States)
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London, United Kingdom: Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd, 1995 A group of deliquent boys are abandoned in a remote village during the Korean war and manage to survive by stealing food and hunting, only to face the possibility of death when the villagers return. First Translated Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Trans.: Mackintosh, Paul St John; Sugiyama, Maki. Clean Copy. ( more information) Offered by PsychoBabel Books & Journals (United Kingdom)
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Oe, Kenzaburo
London: Marion Boyars. NF/NF. 1995. Hardcover. ISBN: 0714529974. Near Fine/Near Fine in Mylar protective cover. ; 8vo; The first novel by the winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. Kenzaburo Oe is considered to be Japan's greatest post-war novelist.. ( more information) Offered by Crazy Horse Books (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo
London Boyars 1995.. NrF/NrF. 1st edition.. F. ( more information) Offered by Black Dog Books (United States)
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids (Qty: 2)
Kenzaburo Oe, Maki Sugiyama
Marion Boyars, 01-May-1995. Hardcover. NEW. Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: U20081007172607G ( more information) Offered by A1Books (United States)
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NIP THE BUDS, SHOOT THE KIDS
Kenzaburo Oe
New York: Marion Boyars Publishers, 1995. the 1994 Nobel Prize winner's first novel (originally published in Japan in 1958), translated and introduced by Paul St. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama, tells the story of fifteen reformatory boys evacuated to a remote mountain village during wartime; hardcover; First Printing of the First U.S. Edition; short inscription to previous owner on fep, o/w Fine in Fine dustjacket.. ( more information) Offered by H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo Translated and Introduced By Paul ST. John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama
London: Marion Boyars, 1995. 189pp.Clean copy.. First English Edition. Red Paper Over Boards. Vg/Vg. Octavo. ( more information) Offered by Mad Dog and The Pilgrim Booksellers/Sweetwater Book Barn (United States)
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Kenzaburo Oe
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OE, Kenzaburo
United Kingdom: Marion Boyars, 1995 First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. ( more information) Offered by SYLVESTER & ORPHANOS (United States)
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Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids : A Novel
Oe, Kenzaburo; Mackintosh, Paul S. (translator); Sugiyama, Maki (translator)
NY:: Marion Boyars ,, 1995. 0714529974. A Fine copy in a Fine dj. This is Oe's first work of published fiction and its first English language edition.. ( more information) Offered by Gregor Rare Books (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd. Hardcover. 0714529974 All orders shipped via standard mail . New. ( more information) Offered by Speedy Books (United States)
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Oe, Kenzaburo (Signed)
Marion Boyars, London and New York/ 1995-1st edition thus. SIGNED on title page by the author in two languages. Translated and introduced by Paul St John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dj.. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Artists + Authors (United States)
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NIPS THE BUDS SHOOT THE KIDS
Oe, Kenzaburo
London: Marion Boyars, 1995. First UK edition, first prnt. Inscribed & dated by Oe on the half-title page. "To Ben Oe Kenzaburo 4/26/95." Also, signed & dated "4/26/95" by publisher Marion Boyars on the title page. Translated and Introduced by Paul St John Mackintosh and Maki Sugiyama. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with a Durafold mylar cover. The image is of the actual book described and not a stock photo. ( more information) Offered by Revere Books, ABAA (United States)
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