An off-kilter darkly ironic novella about a boy's strange obsession with the Japanese crested ibis,from a Japanese literary star Seventeen-year-old Haruo spends all his waking hours online,fixated on the endangered Japanese crested ibis,Nipponia Nippon. Alone in his Tokyo apartment,living off his parents'indulgence,he descends into a fantasy world where he alone shares a bond with the last of these noble birds,their lives caged in the national conservation centre.
Haruo's destiny becomes clear. He will free the birds-alive or dead-from an undeserving civilization. As Haruo's emotional state grows increasingly erratic,he searches the internet for weapons and prepares for the night of reckoning.
Publisher: Pushkin PressISBN: 9781782278535Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
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