{"product_id":"9781782278535-nipponia-nippon","title":"Nipponia Nippon","description":"Binding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nDescription: 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.\u003cbr\u003e\nTitle: Nipponia Nippon\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor(s): Abe Kazushige\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\nBarcode: 9781782278535\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 160 Pages\u003cbr\u003e\nLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003e\nPublication Date: 9\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\nCategory: Fiction In Translation","brand":"Abe Kazushige","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56953695863089,"sku":"IN-G-9781782278535","price":22.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0644\/6759\/9594\/files\/9781782278535.jpg?v=1792232698","url":"https:\/\/bookdelivered.com\/products\/9781782278535-nipponia-nippon","provider":"Book Delivered","version":"1.0","type":"link"}