{"product_id":"nipponia-nippon-9781782278535","title":"Nipponia Nippon","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fast-paced, darkly ironic novella from one of Japan's contemporary luminaries--and the husband of Mieko Kawakami--making his English language debut \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA teenager gripped by obsession seeks to free endangered birds in this darkly funny study of solitude and toxic masculinity set in modern-day Tokyo \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eEarthlings\u003c\/i\u003e by Sayaka Murata and Kawakami's \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsolated in his Tokyo apartment, 17-year-old Haruo spends all his time online, researching the plight of the endangered Japanese crested ibis, \u003ci\u003eNipponia Nippon\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLiving 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782278535\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Kazushige Abe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067738554549,"sku":"9781782278535","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f9b0b20c-82a3-4071-915b-a6ae3567240e.jpg?v=1690864392","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/nipponia-nippon-9781782278535","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}