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Under the Eye of the Big Bird: A Novel

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our understanding of reproduction, ecology, evolution, artificial intelligence, communal life, creation, love, and the future of humanity In the distant future, humans are on the verge of extinction and have settled in small tribes across the planet under the observation and care of "Mothers." Some children are made in factories, from cells of rabbits and dolphins; some live by getting nutrients from water and light, like plants. The survival of the race depends on the interbreeding of these and other alien beings--but it is far from certain that connection, love, reproduction, and evolution will persist among the inhabitants of this faltering new world. Unfolding over fourteen interconnected episodes spanning geological eons, at once technical and pastoral, mournful and utopic, Under the Eye of the Big Bird presents an astonishing vision of the end of our species as we know it. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Soft Skull (September 3, 2024)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1593766114


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 15


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.79 x 0.94 x 8.54 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #267,181 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #895 in Science Fiction Short Stories #2,460 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #2,565 in Dystopian Fiction (Books)


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