{"product_id":"nipponia-nippon-japanese-novellas","title":"Nipponia Nippon","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for fans of Earthlings by Sayaka Murata and Kawakami’s Breasts and Eggs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsolated in his Tokyo apartment, 17-year-old Haruo spends all his time online, researching the plight of the endangered Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia Nippon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48570645774560,"sku":"9781782278535","price":2480.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9781782278535.jpg?v=1768968468","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/ja\/products\/nipponia-nippon-japanese-novellas","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}