Under the eye of the big bird : a novel /
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 pl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English, translated from the Japanese. |
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New York :
Soft Skull Press,
[2024].
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| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 278 pages0: portrait ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781593766115 1593766114 |