Nipponia Nippon

Name: Nipponia Nippon
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781782278535
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By Kazushige Abe

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Nipponia Nippon by Kazushige Abe delves into the mind of a troubled young man obsessed with the fate of a rare bird, the Crested Ibis, in Japan. As he grapples with isolation and his fixation grows, the novel explores themes of psychological intensity and cultural identity. Set against the backdrop of rural Japan, the story intricately weaves human loneliness with environmental concerns.
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Nipponia Nippon

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Description

Isolated in his Tokyo apartment, seventeen-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 increasingly erratic, he begins to source weapons and prepares for a reckoning.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781782278535

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Pushkin Press

Contributors:

Translated by Kerim Yasar

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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Fiction General Fiction Kazushige Abe Literary Fiction

About the Author

Kazushige Abe is one of Japan's pre-eminent contemporary writers. A graduate of the Japanese Film School in Tokyo, he worked as an assistant director before turning his hand to writing. Since winning the Gunzo New Writers' Prize for his first novel, American Night, he has been awarded several of Japan's most prestigious literary prizes, including the Sei Ito Award, the Mainichi Culture Award, the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize.

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