Vanishing World

From the author of the international bestseller Convenience Store Woman, a convention-defying and taboo-busting novel, and a radically reimagined vision of sex, family and society.

Praise for Sayaka Murata's fiction:
'Exhilarating, weird and funny' Sally Rooney
'Radical, hilarious, heartbeaking' Elif Batuman
'A gift to anyone who has ever felt at odds with the world' Ruth Ozeki

Sayaka Murata has won all of Japan's major literary prizes. She is author of Convenience Store Woman, Earthlings and Life Ceremony.
Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated Ryu Murakami and Kyoko Nakajima, among others.