- International Booker Prize 2025 · Shortlist · for the translation by Asa Yoneda
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
大きな鳥にさらわれないよう · Ōkina tori ni sarawarenai yō
Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美, born 1958)
Translated by Asa Yoneda
English editions
In EnglishUnder the Eye of the Big Bird
Granta Books · United Kingdom · 9 October 2025 · Paperback · 288 pages
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Soft Skull · United States · 3 September 2024 · Hardcover · 288 pages
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Granta Books · United Kingdom · 16 January 2025 · Hardcover · 288 pages
Under the Eye of the Big Bird
Soft Skull · United States · 20 May 2025 · Paperback · 288 pages
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Far in the future, with humankind close to dying out, people live in small separate groups, hoping that unions between groups will produce children with new genes, humans able to evolve.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 346 pages in the original
- Genres
- Speculative (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2016 by Kodansha
- Author's age
- 58 when first published
- ISBN
9784062199650 (original)
9781593766115 (Soft Skull, United States)
9781803512358 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)
9781593768072 (Soft Skull, United States)
9781803512365 (Granta Books, United Kingdom)
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