Decapitation

Kubikiri Cycle (Zaregoto Series)

NisiOisiN

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15 February 2017

Crime & Mystery; Fiction-related items; Other Film, TV & Media; Light Novels

Series: Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle

The debut work from NISIOISIN, Kubikiri Cycle is NISIO's twist on the I-novel where his narrator reveals a mystery and tries desperately to not take part in what transpires over the work. Full of intriguing young characters and action filled drama, Kubikiri Cycle is the basis for the modern light novel movement creating a new genre of literature for Japan's X generation and beyond.

A dropout from an elite Houston-based program for teens is on a visit to a private island. Its mistress, virtually marooned there, surrounds herself with geniuses, especially of the young and female kind-one of whom ends up headless one fine morning.

The top-selling novelist year by year in his native Japan, prolific palindromic phenomenon NISIOISIN made his debut when he was only twenty with this Mephisto Award winner, a whoduni and locked-room mystery at once old-school and eye-opening. Previously published stateside by Del Rey, the translation has been retitled and revised just in time for the long-requested animated series based on illustrator take's character concepts.

By: NisiOisiN
Imprint: Vertical
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 141mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 318g
ISBN: 9781945054211
ISBN 10: 1945054212
Series: Decapitation: Kubikiri Cycle
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 15 February 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

There are few authors in Japan who have reached the heights of success as NISIOISIN. Born in 1981, NISIOISIN left of Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, to pursue a career in story-telling. Initially he had ambitions to be a comic artist, but when he realized his art was not up to snuff, he began to focus on his writing. He would eventually win the 23rd Mephisto Prize, for <b><i>Kubikiri Cycle</i></b>, acknowledging his talents as a mystery writer, at the age of 20. Since his debut in 2002 he has penned more than 50 novels and a number of comics. Nishio's works often cover themes of youth, but are framed in genres that are familiar to the masses. His works tend to mix mystery with comedy and touches or romance and/or the supernatural. He is a modern author in every sense, sometimes even experiementing with the Japanese language itself. Many of his works have been adapted into animated television series and films. His best known works are the Monogatari series and Katanagatari.

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Decapitation

Kubikiri Cycle (Zaregoto Series)

NisiOisiN

$26.99

Paperback

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