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Nipponia nippon
Abe, Kazushige, 1968-2023
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A teenager gripped by obsession seeks to free endangered birds in this study of solitude and toxic masculinity set in modern-day Tokyo. 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.
Main title:
Nipponia nippon / Kazushige Abe ; translated by Kerim Yasar.
Author:
Abe, Kazushige, 1968-, authorYasar, Kerim, translator
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2023.
Collation:
96 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781782278535 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
1039232
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