My Annihilation

- Reviews -

Praise for My Annihilation A Sunday Times Best Thriller Book of 2022 (So Far) CrimeReads Most Anticipated Books of 2022 "[A] bewildering jumble of texts, tropes and registers, mixing pulpy devices with psychopathological musings . . . [A] Dostoevskyan literary thriller. " -John Dugdale, The Sunday Times "A tricky and taut work of literary noir that implicates the reader in a disturbing murder, [My Annihilation] might just be the antidote for anyone who' s addicted to pressing play on another true crime doc. " -Chicago Review of Books "A disturbing and thoughtful novel, almost surreal at times . . . This book will make you think deeply about what a human personality actually is. " -New York Journal of Books "This chilling psychological mystery about a violent crime promises not to disappoint. Expect anything but a happy ending. " -The Japan Times "My Annihilation is one hell of a ride. From the first sentence-' Turn this page, and you may forfeit your entire life' -Nakamura plays tricks on the reader, the narrator, and even the notion of existence itself. Perfect for those who like their noir obsessive and deeply philosophical. " -CrimeReads "A dark, psychological tale. " -The A. V. Club "[My Annihilation] dives deep to explore the inner workings of a murderer. " -Crime Fiction Lover "A thought-provoking picture, in Nakamura' s words, of ' what it means to be human and what it means to exist in the world. ' Some true crime set in Japan might be the thing after this. " -First Clue "A shocking and darkly rich tale that will stay with you. " -Tokyo Weekender "My Annihilation is literally multi-layered, and these are peeled back at different times and in different ways to reveal (and obscure . . . ) more of the story . . . My Annihilation keeps readers on their toes, and guessing, and there are some very satisfying turns and reveals here . . . [A]n enjoyably constantly unsettling read. " -The Complete Review "A jigsaw puzzle of a novel exploring themes of connection and consequence through personal identity and responsibility . . . The psychological thriller My Annihilation poses multiple philosophical questions during its roller coaster of a story-not a whodunnit, but a who-is-it. " -Foreword Reviews "The story becomes a maze of conflicting accounts, back and forth between manuscript and reader-black boxes within black boxes, memory and personality transient, even basic facts losing a foundation . . . [A] dark, elegant novel. " -Library Journal "Nakamura expertly mixes a look into the criminal mind with a story of doomed love. This fever-dream of a novel will long linger in the reader' s memory. " -Publishers Weekly "Searing . . . An unnerving tale that richly earns its title. By the last chapter, you won' t believe a word the narrator tells you. " -Kirkus Reviews Praise for Fuminori Nakamura "A thriller in the same elevated sense as is Dostoevsky' s Crime and Punishment or Camus' s The Stranger . . . Nature versus nurture, free will versus fate: Such are the themes that flicker almost subliminally through this shocking narrative, which also emits echoes of Poe and Mishima. " -The Wall Street Journal "A suspenseful study of obsession. . . Love, even illicit love, has a way of bringing out the best-or the worst-in a person. " -The New York Times Book Review "Nakamura' s impassioned writing is part of a continuum that stretches from Dostoevsky to Camus to Oe. " -Los Angeles Times

- Author Bio -

Fuminori Nakamura was born in 1977 and graduated from Fukushima University in 2000. He has won numerous prizes for his writing, including Japan' s prestigious Oe Prize; the David L. Goodis Award for Noir Fiction; and the Akutagawa Prize. The Thief, his first novel to be translated into English, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. His other novels include Cult X, The Gun, The Kingdom, Evil and the Mask, The Boy in the Earth, and Last Winter, We Parted. Sam Bett is a fiction writer and Japanese translator. Awarded Grand Prize in the 2016 JLPP International Translation Competition, he won the 2019/2020 Japan-US Friendship Commission Prize for his translation of Star by Yukio Mishima. With David Boyd, he is a translator of Breasts and Eggs and Heaven by Mieko Kawakami.

- Full Details -

Status:	No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13:	9781641294072
Published:	6 Dec 2022
Published In:	United States
Imprint:	Soho Press
Publisher:	Soho Press
Format:	Paperback
Height:	190mm
Width:	127mm
Pages:	264

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