[Battle Royale 01] • Battle Royale
- Authors
- Takami, Koushun
- Publisher
- TokyoPop
- Tags
- thriller , science fiction , terror , novela , ciencia ficción , horror , manga
- ISBN
- 9781591823148
- Date
- 2013-07-16
- Size
- 0.72 MB
- Lang
- es
Battle Royale, a high-octane thriller about senseless youth violence in a dystopian world, it is one of Japan's best-selling - and most controversial - novels. As part of a ruthless program by the totalitarian government, ninth-grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food, and various weapons. Forced to wear special collars that explode when they break a rule, they must fight each other for three days until only one "winner" remains. The elimination contest becomes the ultimate in must-see reality television. A Japanese pulp classic available in English for the first time, Battle Royale is a potent allegory of what it means to be young and survive in today's dog-eat-dog world. The first novel by small-town journalist Koushun Takami, it went on to become an even more notorious film by 70-year-old director Kinji Fukusaku.