Nip the Buds, Shoot the Kids
In Japan during World War II a group of boys who are evacuated to the country take over a village when the inhabitants flee a plague. The novel describes the way the boys administer the village--breaking into homes for food, burying the dead, caring for the sick--and what happens when the villagers return. By the author of The Silent Cry.
Details
- Pages
- 189
- Release date
- Jan 1, 1958
- Author
- Kenzaburō Ōe