The Navidad Incident: The Downfall of Matias Guili
A modern classic of Japanese magical realism and political satire. In this sweeping magical-realist epic set in the fictional south sea island Republic of Navidad,Ikezawa gives his imagination free rein to reinvent the myths of the twentieth century Japan. The story takes off as a delegation of Japanese war veterans pays an official visit to the ex-World War II colony,only to see the Japanese flag burst into flames. The following day,the tour bus,and its passengers,simply vanish. The loca