{"product_id":"9781782278535","title":"Nipponia Nippon","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Abe, Kazushige, Yasar, Kerim \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eJapan\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 July 2023 by Pushkin Press in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Japanese Novellas' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 14 | 148g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u0026gt;p\u0026gt;An off-kilter darkly ironic novella about a boy's strange obsession with the Japanese crested ibis, from a Japanese literary starSeventeen-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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaruo'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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46127938863363,"sku":"9781782278535","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781782278535.jpg?v=1731403823","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781782278535","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}