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Japanese science fiction meets the European avant-garde—available for the first time in English



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"A hard-boiled, sharply surreal fable about the power of the written word." —William Gibson


"Deeply rich in atmosphere and idea, Kawamata's first novel to be translated into English was a bestseller in its native Japan upon its publication in 1984. It deftly establishes the power of the central poems by showing their effects on the emotions, minds, bodies, and very consciousnesses of their readers; and proceeds to build living characters, central and minor, for their dangerous potential to impact." —Publishers Weekly



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Contents


Foreword: From Surrealism to Postmodernism
Takayuki Tatsumi


Death Sentences
Prologue: The Tracker
1. Another World
2. The Gold of Time
3. Undiscovered Century
4. The Shade of the Shadow of Light
5. Voyagers
The Final Chapter: Oblivion

Afterword: Vortex Time
Thomas Lamarre

Notes


Death Sentences

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/02/2012
      ISBN13: 9780816654550, 978-0816654550
      ISBN10: 0816654557

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Japanese science fiction meets the European avant-garde—available for the first time in English



      Trade Review

      "A hard-boiled, sharply surreal fable about the power of the written word." —William Gibson


      "Deeply rich in atmosphere and idea, Kawamata's first novel to be translated into English was a bestseller in its native Japan upon its publication in 1984. It deftly establishes the power of the central poems by showing their effects on the emotions, minds, bodies, and very consciousnesses of their readers; and proceeds to build living characters, central and minor, for their dangerous potential to impact." —Publishers Weekly



      Table of Contents

      Contents


      Foreword: From Surrealism to Postmodernism
      Takayuki Tatsumi


      Death Sentences
      Prologue: The Tracker
      1. Another World
      2. The Gold of Time
      3. Undiscovered Century
      4. The Shade of the Shadow of Light
      5. Voyagers
      The Final Chapter: Oblivion

      Afterword: Vortex Time
      Thomas Lamarre

      Notes


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