Nipponia Nippon (Japanese Novellas)

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

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Publication Date: Sep 12, 2023

Number of Pages: 96 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1782278532

ISBN-13: 9781782278535