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Nipponia Nippon

Nipponia Nippon

Abe, Kazushige
Yasar, Kerim

Paperback

Series: Japanese Novellas

General Fiction

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ISBN10: 1782278532
ISBN13: 9781782278535
Publisher: Pushkin Pr
Published: Sep 12 2023
Pages: 96
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.10 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
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.

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