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What happens when a popular and young emperor suddenly dies, and the only person available to succeed him is his sister? How can people in an island country survive as climate change and martial law are eroding more and more opportunities for local sustainability and mutual aid? And what can be done to challenge the rise of a new authoritarian political leadership at a time when the general public is obsessed with fears related to personal and national "security"? These and other provocative questions provide the backdrop for this powerhouse novel about young adults embroiled in what appear to be more private matters-friendships, sex, a love suicide, and struggles to cope with grief and work. PM Press is proud to bring you this first English translation of a full-length novel by the award-winning author Tomoyuki Hoshino.

About the Author :
Tomoyuki Hoshino made his literary debut in Japan in 1997 and is the author of 12 novels, including Fantasista, which won the Noma Bungei award in 2003, and The Mermaid Sings Wake Up, which won the Mishima Prize in 2000. He is also known in Japan for his nonfiction essays on art, politics, social issues, and sports--particularly soccer.

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"A major novel by Tomoyuki Hoshino, one of the most compelling and challenging writers in Japan today, Lonely Hearts Killer deftly weaves a path between geopolitical events and individual experience, forcing a personal confrontation with the political brutality of the postmodern era. Adrienne Hurley's brilliant translation captures the nuance and wit of Hoshino's exploration of depths that rise to the surface in the violent acts of contemporary youth." --Thomas LaMarre, William Dawson Professor of East Asian Studies, McGill University "Since his debut, Hoshino has used as the core of his writing a unique sense of the unreality of things, allowing him to illuminate otherwise hidden realities within Japanese society. And as he continues to write from this tricky position, it goes without saying that he produces work upon work of extraordinary beauty and power." --Yuko Tsushima, Award-winning Japanese Novelist "Reading Hoshino's novels is like traveling to a strange land all by yourself. You touch down on an airfield in a foreign country, get your passport stamped, and leave the airport all nerves and anticipation. The area around an airport is more or less the same in any country. It is sterile and without character. There, you have no real sense of having come somewhere new. But then you take a deep breath and a smell you've never encountered enters your nose, a wind you've never felt brushes against your skin, and an unknown substance rains down upon your head." --Mitsuyo Kakuta, Award-winning Japanese Novelist


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781604860849
  • Publisher: PM Press
  • Publisher Imprint: PM Press
  • Height: 203 mm
  • No of Pages: 203
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1604860847
  • Publisher Date: 04 Feb 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 246 gr


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