Kazushige Abe: Nipponia Nippon, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Nipponia Nippon
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- Übersetzung:
- Kerim Yasar
- Verlag:
- Pushkin Press, 07/2023
- Einband:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781782278535
- Artikelnummer:
- 11123622
- Umfang:
- 155 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 367 g
- Maße:
- 194 x 126 mm
- Stärke:
- 17 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 27.7.2023
- Serie:
- Japanese Novellas
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
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.
