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From one of Japan's most brilliant and sensitive contemporary novelists, this speculative fiction masterpiece envisions an Earth where humans are nearing extinction, and rewrites our understanding of reproduction, ecology, evolution, artificial intelligence, communal life, creation, love, and the future of humanity 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,…
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4 editions · 2 languages- Ebook · English · 2025Under The Eye of The Big BirdGranta · 9781803512372
- Other · English · 2025Under the Eye of the Big BirdGranta Books · 288 pages · 9781803512358
- Other · English · 2024Under the Eye of the Big BirdCounterpoint Press · 9781593766115
- Other · Japanese · 2016340 pages · 9784062199650
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