086773
London
2025
13×19,5
meki
338
engleski
Price: 13,50 EUR
"Seesaw Monster" is a collection of two interconnected novellas by Kotaro Isaka, the bestselling author of Bullet Train. The book features a "flip" format where each story is read from opposite ends. Seesaw Monster: Set in 1980s Japan, it follows Miyako, a former secret agent who suspects her mother-in-law is a murderer. The story explores their intense domestic feud, which is revealed to be part of a much older, ancient conflict. Spin Monster: Jumps decades into a surveillance-heavy future where AI and facial recognition dominate. Mito, a courier who delivers sensitive information on paper to avoid electronic monitoring, is pulled into a conspiracy that links back to the events of the first novella. The collection blends dark humor, kinetic action, and speculative science fiction. It explores the nature of fate, the power of personal relationships, and the concept of human progress through the lens of long-standing conflict. Translated from the Japanese by Sam Malissa.
