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How will humanity come to its end?
Under The Eye Of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Asa Yoneda is one of the books shortlisted for this years International Booker Prize. A collection of linked short stories spanning millions of years, it explores and imagines the very end of humanity.
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