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Mitsuyo Tsunoda’s latest novel “Burning the Ark”, which became a hot topic after appearing on NHK’s “Good Morning Japan”, is now available for reprint!
It received rave reviews one after another in magazines such as Asahi, Yomiuri, Mainichi, Nikkei, Sankei, Tokyo, Kyodo News, and Weekly Bunshun!
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Occultism, religion, hoaxes, fake news, SNS. what do you believe? This novel, which questions the meaning of “belief,” is currently garnering enthusiastic sympathy.
A reprint of “Burning the Ark”, which received attention when the author appeared on the NHK program, has been completed.
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From Nostradamus’ Great Prophecies to urban legends such as Mr. Kockuri, myths about three-year-old children, medical and health misinformation, cult religions, rumors and rumors on SNS, gossip and fake news, we have to deal with a lot of things that are out there. We live in constant contact with information. Mitsuyo Tsunoda’s new book “Burning the Ark” depicts Toba and Fujiko, two people who lived single-mindedly from the Showa era to the coronavirus pandemic, and explains why people believe in something and the meaning of
“belief.” It is attracting attention as a story that asks us deeply about meaning, and is a must-read in this day and age.
Comment from Mitsuyo Tsunoda
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I started this series because I wanted to write about people who are fooled by false rumors, but before I knew it, I was writing about people who seriously believed in something, rather than people who were fooled. Then I realized that I was more interested in believing than in being deceived.
[Content introduction]
Occultism, religion, hoaxes, fake news, SNS. what do you believe? There were no women who talked. The Great King of Terror never came. The rumors were all false. Meanwhile, a major disaster has destroyed the town, an epidemic has spread, and wars are still occurring. No matter what it is, if you don’t believe in something, you won’t be able to get through today. A masterpiece full-length novel that depicts Toba and Fujiko, two people with no connection to each other during the Showa-Heisei era coronavirus pandemic, and questions the meaning of “belief.”
[Author introduction]
Mitsuyo Kakuta
Born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1967. Debuted in 1990 with the Kaien New Writer’s Award for “Happy Game”. In 1996, she won the Noma Literary Newcomer’s Award for “UFO in the Slumbering Night.” In 2003, she won the Women’s Publications Award for the Arts for “Floating Garden.” In 2005, she won the Naoki Prize for “Girlfriend on the Other Shore.” In 2006, she won the Yasunari Kawabata Literary Award for “Rock Mother.” 2007. He received the Chuo Kosho Essay Arts Award for “Cicadas on the Eighth Day”, the Ito Sei Literary Award for “Tree House” in 2011, the Shibata Renzaburo Prize for “Paper Moon” in 2012, and the Izumi Kyoka Literary Award for “Kanata no Ko” (2014). He won the Kawai Hayao Monogatari Award in 2007 for “The Girlfriend in Me” and the Yomiuri Literary Award (Research and Translation Award) in 2011 for his translation of “The Tale of Genji” (3 volumes). His books include “Kidnap Tour,” “Kuma-chan,” “Crossing the Sea in a Bamboo Boat,” “The House on the Hill,” “Tarant,” and many other essays.
[Book data]
Burning the Ark
[Author name] Mitsuyo Tsunoda
[Release date] 2024/02/29
[Bookbinding] 46-size hardcover
[List price] 1,900 yen (tax included) [ISBN] 978-4-10-434608-0 [URL] https://www.shinchosha.co.jp/book/434608/
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