{"product_id":"under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-paperback","title":"Under the Eye of the Big Bird - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAsa Yoneda\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom 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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnfolding over fourteen interconnected episodes spanning geological eons, at once technical and pastoral, mournful and utopic, \u003ci\u003eUnder the Eye of the Big Bird \u003c\/i\u003epresents an astonishing vision of the end of our species as we know it.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHIROMI KAWAKAMI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tokyo in 1958. Her international bestseller novel \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize and the 2014 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Her latest novel \u003ci\u003eUnder the Eye of the Big Bird\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for The 2025 International Booker Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 20, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378921074790,"sku":"9781593768072","price":25.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/rsuGjboP4Q9781593768072.webp?v=1768912727","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/under-the-eye-of-the-big-bird-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}