A fast-paced, darkly ironic novella from one of Japan’s contemporary luminaries–and the husband of Mieko Kawakami–making his English language debut
A teenager gripped by obsession seeks to free endangered birds in this darkly funny study of solitude and toxic masculinity set in modern-day Tokyo Perfect for fans of Earthlings by Sayaka Murata and Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs Isolated in his Tokyo apartment, 17-year-old Haruo spends all his time online, researching the plight of the endangered Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon. Living on an allowance from his parents, he drops ever further into a fantasy world in which he alone shares a special connection with the last of these noble birds, held at a conservation centre on the island of Sado. His conclusion is simple: it is his destiny to free the birds from a society that does not appreciate them, by whatever means necessary. With his emotional state becoming ever more erratic, he begins sourcing weapons and preparing for a reckoning in this darkly ironic study of toxic masculinity.Author: Kazushige Abe
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 09/12/2023
Series: Japanese Novellas
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781782278535
Language: English
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