Vanishing World
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Vanishing World
Vanishing World
From the author of the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman, a convention-defying and taboo-busting novel, and a radically reimagined vision of sex, family and society.
From the author of the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman, a convention-defying and taboo-busting novel, and a radically reimagined vision of sex, family and society.
Normality is the creepiest madness there is...
In our near-future world, children are solely conceived by artificial insemination. Even sex between married couples is viewed as taboo.
Amane's family is irregular. Her parents copulated to create her and hope that she too will find love and have a child with the person she marries. But Amane falls in line with society's way of thinking and wants a regular 'clean' marriage. Then she hears of a place that is the subject of a social experiment. Everyone in Paradise-Eden will act as one big family. Could this be the perfect third way?
Praise for Sayaka Murata's fiction:
βExhilarating, weird and funnyβ β Sally Rooney
βRadical, hilarious, heartbreakingβ β Elif Batuman
βA gift to anyone who has ever felt at odds with the worldβ β Ruth Ozeki
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781803511177
Publisher: Granta Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 24 April 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Granta Books
Contributors:
- Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 216.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Sayaka Murata has won all of Japan's major literary prizes. She is author of Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings and Life Ceremony.
Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated Ryu Murakami and Kyoko Nakajima, among others.
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