VIZ MEDIA’S HAIKASORU IMPRINT RELEASES AWARD WINNING NOVEL THE NAVIDAD INCIDENT: THE DOWNFALL OF MATIAS GUILI
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VIZ Media’s Haikasoru imprint has
announced the release today of author Natsuki Ikezawa’s surrealistic novel, THE
NAVIDAD INCIDENT: THE DOWNFALL OF MATIAS GUILI. The book is published by the
company’s Haikasoru imprint and carries an MSRP of $24.99 U.S. / $28.99 CAN / £16.99 UK. An eBook
edition is also available on the Amazon Kindle, Apple’s iBooks Store, the
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Books Store, and the Sony Reader™ Store.
Haikasoru publishes some of the most
compelling contemporary Japanese science fiction and fantasy stories for
English-speaking audiences, and is the first imprint based in the U.S.
dedicated to Japanese science fiction and fantasy in translation.
In this sweeping magical-realist
epic set in the fictional south sea island Republic of Navidad, Ikezawa gives
his imagination free rein to reinvent the myths of the twentieth century Japan.
The story takes off as a delegation of Japanese war veterans pays an official
visit to the ex-World War II colony, only to see the Japanese flag burst into
flames. The following day, the tour bus and its passengers simply vanish. The
locals exchange absurd rumors – the bus was last seen attending Catholic mass,
the bus must have skipped across the lagoon – but the president suspects a covert
guerrilla organization is trying to undermine his connections with Japan. Can
the real answers to the mystery be found, or will the president have to be
content with the surreal
answers?
“Natsuki Ikezawa crafts an
engrossing story that combines charmingly surreal set pieces, traditional
fantasy tropes such as ghosts, with a story of international politics,” says
Nick Mamatas, Haikasoru Editor. “We invite readers to take the journey to the
mysterious nation of Navidad and uncover the truth behind these unexplained
occurrences in this newest release from Haikasoru!”
Author Natsuki Ikezawa was born in
Hokkaido, Japan in 1945 and was formerly enrolled at Saitama University before
leaving to become a poet and author. Presently, he writes fiction and literary
criticism and is also an active public speaker. Several of his works including
STILL LIVES and A BURDEN OF FLOWERS have been
published in English. In 1993, THE NAVIDAD INCIDENT: THE DOWNFALL OF MATIAS
GUILI was the winner of the prestigious Tanizaki Jun’ichiro Prize.
To read an excerpt of THE NAVIDAD INCIDENT,
please visit http://www.scribd.com/doc/84566677/The-Navidad-Incident-The-Downfall-of-Matias-Guili.
To enter to win a copy of THE NAVIDAD
INCIDENT, please visit http://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/18397-the-navidad-incident-the-downfall-of-matias-guili.
