One Love Chigusa

Soji Shimada

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A love story that explores the mechanics of the heart and humankind's inevitable evolution. One Love Chigusa by Soji Shimada, one of Japan's most famous authors, is a tale of obsessive love in a world where technology has crept into the very heart of humanity.

The year is 2091 AD. A horrendous motorcycle accident leaves Xie Hoyu coming to terms with his new cybernetic body. Reconstructed from the latest biomechanical prosthetics, he is discharged from hospital and tries to return to his life as an illustrator after many weeks in recovery. While surgery saves his life, existence for Xie has lost all meaning. His saviour comes in the form of a girl with whom Xie falls hopelessly in love. But not all is as it seems.

Translated by Sir David Warren, a retired diplomat and former British ambassador to Japan, One Love Chigusa offers a glimpse into a possible future and questions the purpose of humanity in a manner that only Japan's master of the postmodern whodunnit can do.

Red Circle Minis: Original, Short and Compelling Reads

One Love Chigusa is part of Red Circle Minis, a series of short captivating books by Japan's finest contemporary writers that brings the narratives and voices of Japan together as never before. Each book is a first edition written specifically for the series and is being published in English first.

Book Details

Publisher: Red Circle
Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2020
Pages: 130
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 7.00in - 4.25in - 0.31in - 0.24lb
EAN: 9781912864102
Categories: • Mystery & Detective - General• Science Fiction - Crime & Mystery• Dystopian

About the Author

Shimada, Soji: - Soji Shimada's debut novel, The Tokyo Zodiac Murders, is ranked among the 'top five best locked-room mysteries published worldwide' (Adrian McKinty, The Guardian). An instant classic, it transformed him into 'Japan's Man of Mystery' and one of the country's bestselling authors. His novel Murder in the Crooked House was a Sunday Times Best Book of the Year. He is also known for his Detective Mitarai series and the Detective Yoshiki series. Shimada is the recipient of the Japan Mystery Literature Award and the founder of three literary awards: Amateur Mystery Novel contests, The City of Roses Fukuyama Mystery Award and the Soji Shimada Mystery Award.

Warren, David: - Sir David Warren was British ambassador to Japan from 2008 to 2012, having served twice before in the British Embassy in Tokyo during his career as British diplomat. He is now honorary professor at Sheffield University, a member of the Board of the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures at the University of East Anglia, and was Chair of the Council of the University of Kent until July 2020. From 2013 to 2019, he was Chairman of the Japan Society, the leading independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to UK-Japanese cultural, educational and business contacts.

Praise for this book

'This captivating story skips nimbly from artificial intelligence to immortality to loneliness to a meditation on love that will leave you surprised and moved. A mini-masterpiece". South China Morning Post

'Blade Runner meets Le Grandes Meaulnes, all wrapped up in a whodunnit written in an elegant and unsettling style. Boy meets girl, or does he... all is not as it seems. Better written and more engaging than a lot of the thrillers cluttering up the charts, this beautiful little book is very much a break from the norm.' BookBrunch

The meaning of unconditional love is given a fresh if disturbing interpretation in this futuristic tale from the pen of one of Japan's most popular authors, Soji Shimada. In a heartless mechanical society, the book's central character Xie Hoyu thinks he has finally found love following a motorcycle accident. But has he?' Alex Pearl, author of The Chair Man

Everything about this series' intention and design is steeped in Japanese culture... the books are thematically diverse [and] signal a cultural exchange... communicating directly and intentionally with Western audiences through fiction.' TLS

'Readers of Japanese mystery novels compare him with classic British authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie.' The Financial Times

'Shimada combines fantastic crimes with a logical and fair solution likely to stump even the most astute readers.' Publishers Weekly

'A strange brew - one with a taste that certain adventurous readers may be well pleased to savour.' The Wall Street Journal, commenting on Murder in the Crooked House

'Hugely entertaining... a brilliant and satisfying conclusion.' Sunday Times, Best Crime Fiction Book of 2019, commenting on Murder in the Crooked House

'Ignites the mind.' Huffington Post, commenting on Murder in the Crooked House

'Their very compactness sets them apart as rather special and even luxurious, in a way that accentuates the distinctive appeal of a self-contained Japanese short story.' Wasafiri, the Journal of International Contemporary Writing