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Erewhon Fall 2021 198 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 Lonely Castle in the Mirror Mizuki Tsujimira n a tranquil neighborhood of Tokyo seven students are avoiding going to school I– hiding in their darkened bedrooms, unable to face their family and friends – until the moment they find the mirrors in their bedrooms are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives into to a wondrous castle straight out of a Grimm’s fairy tale. This whimsical place, oddly lacking in food and running water but full of electrical sockets, is home to a petulant girl in a mask, named Wolf Queen and becomes their playground and refuge during school hours. Hidden within the walls they're told is a key that will grant one wish, and a set of clues with which to find it. But there's a catch: the key must • Bestselling, prizewinning, be found by the end of the school year and they must leave the premises by five international success: Lonely Castle o'clock each day or else suffer a fatal end. has sold half a million copies and was a #1 bestseller in Japan. It was As time passes, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share the winner of the Japan Booksellers their stories will be saved. And so they begin to unlock each other's stories: how Award, voted for by the booksellers a boy is showered with more gadgets than love; how another suffers a painful across Japan. Translation rights have sold in Italy, France, Taiwan, Korea, and unexplained rejection and how a girl lives in fear of her predatory stepfather. China, Indonesia, and Vietnam. As they struggle to abide by the rules of the game, a moving story unfolds, of seven characters trapped in a cycle of misunderstanding and loneliness, who are • Literary lineage: the translator Philip ultimately set free by the power of friendship, empathy, and sacrifice. Gabriel is an enormously prominent Japanese translator whose works Exploring vivid human stories with a twisty and puzzle-like plot, this heart- include works by Nobel Prize- warming novel is full of joy and hope for anyone touched by sadness and winner Kenzaburo Oe such as vulnerability. At the heart of this tender, playful tale is a powerful message about Somersault, and novels and short fiction by Haruki Murakami including the importance of reaching out which shows how with one kind act you can 1Q84. He is the recipient of the change your life for the better, and more importantly, you can change the lives of 2001 Sasakawa Prize for Japanese others. Literature, the 2001 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for Translation of Japanese Literature, and the 2006 PEN/Book-of-the- Month Club Translation Prize for Kafka on the Shore. • Japanese cultural cachet: there is a strong interest in Japanese culture as a source of both high culture (many prominent international artists and literary authors) and popular culture (anime, manga, horror and samurai films). Mizuki Tsujimira is a Japanese writer from Fuefuki, Yamanashi. Tsujimura writes both for adults and children and Lonely Castle in the Mirror specializes in mystery novels. She is the winner of the 2018 400 pages; 5½" x 8½" Jacketed Hardcover: HARDCOVER Japan Booksellers' Award for her novel Kagami no Kojo(Lonely $27.95/$36.95 Can. Castle in the Mirror). After being shortlisted several times for the ISBN: 978-1-64566-040-8 Naoki Prize, she finally received the prize in 2012 for Kagi no No. 516040 nai Yume wo Miru (I Saw a Dream Without a Key). EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 199 Day Boy Trent Jamieson Mark is a Day Boy. In a post-traumatic future the Masters—formerly human, now practically immortal—rule a world that bends to their will and a human population upon which they feed. Invincible by night, all but helpless by day, each relies on his Day Boy to serve and protect him. Mark has been lucky in his Master: Dain has treated him well. But as he grows to manhood and his time as a Day Boy draws to a close, there are choices to be made. Will Mark undergo the Change and become, himself, a Master—or throw in his lot with his fellow humans? As the tensions in his conflicted world reach crisis • Australian prizewinner: when it point, Mark’s decision may be crucial, and teach him what it means to become a was published a few years ago in Australia, Day Boy won the Aurealis man, or decide to remain one. Award for Best Fantasy Novel AND Best Horror Novel and was shortlisted for the Ditmar Award for Best Novel, Courier-Mail People’s Choice Queensland Book of the Year Award, and the International DUBLIN Literary Award, Ireland, but was never published in the US, so we are pleased to give this award winning book its US Debut. • Vampire resurgence: we have seen a strong uptick in interest in vampire stories over the past few years, from the comedic (What We Do In the Shadows) to the literary/cinematic (Only Lovers Left Alive, A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night) and this is a lovely and subtle addition to the canon. • Companion to the Stone Road: Day Boy is set in the same world as The Stone Road, which we are launching in Spring 2021. The two books stand alone but share some characters so it is especially interesting to read them as companion pieces. Trent Jamieson is a multi-award winning Australian writer. He's the author of the Death Works series and the Nightbound Author Land duology, as well as The Stone Road and Day Boy. When Day Boy 320 pages; 5½" x 8½" Photo he’s not writing, Trent works as a bookseller at Avid Reader in Jacketed Hardcover: HARDCOVER (optional) Brisbane, where he runs the monthly SF Bookclub. $25.95/$34.95 Can. ISBN: 978-1-64566-026-2 No. 516026 200 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 Rise of the Red Hand Olivia Chadha rare, searing portrayal of the future of climate change in South Asia. A A streetrat turned revolutionary and the disillusioned hacker son of a politician try to take down a ruthlessly technocratic government that sacrifices its poorest citizens to build its utopia. The South Asian Province is split in two. Uplanders lead luxurious lives inside a climate-controlled biodome, dependent on technology and gene therapy to keep them healthy and youthful forever. Outside, the poor and forgotten scrape by with discarded black-market robotics, a society of poverty-stricken cyborgs struggling to survive in slums threatened by rising sea levels, unbreathable air, and deadly superbugs. Ashiva works for the Red Hand, an underground network of revolutionaries • Accessible story about current fighting the government, which is run by a merciless computer algorithm that issues: This is a tight, exciting sci-fi dictates every citizen’s fate. She’s a smuggler with the best robotic arm and novel that addresses important topics like poverty and class cybernetic enhancements the slums can offer, and her cargo includes the most stratification, global warming, and vulnerable of the city’s abandoned children. bioethics When Ashiva crosses paths with the brilliant hacker Riz-Ali, a privileged • OwnVoices representation: Story in Uplander who finds himself embroiled in the Red Hand’s dangerous activities, futuristic South Asia written by an they uncover a horrifying conspiracy that the government will do anything to Indian-American author, with unique bury. From armed guardians kidnapping children to massive robots flattening perspective that’s in demand among the slums, to a pandemic that threatens to sweep through the city like wildfire, English language readers hungry for representation, especially in school/ Ashiva and Riz-Ali will have to put aside their differences in order to fight the library markets. system and save the communities they love from destruction. • Exciting, versatile new voice: A promising writer of color who has published comic books and literary fiction, demonstrating great range and ability to cross genres. • For ages 13 and up Olivia Chadha began her writing career in Los Angeles writing comic book scripts for Fathom. She has a Ph.D in creative Author writing from Binghamton University and a master's in creative Rise of the Red Hand 384 pages; 5½" x 8½" Photo writing from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her research Trade Paperback: PAPERBACK (optional) centers on exile, folklore and fairy tales, and the environment. $10.95/$14.95 Can. She is first-generation American of Punjabi Sikh and Latvian/ ISBN: 978-1-64566-033-0 German descent and lives in Colorado with her family. No. 516033 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 EREWHON CATALOG FALL 2021 201 The Beholden Cassandra Rose Clarke rphaned as young women, Celestia and Izara De Malena are land rich but Odestitute, with only a failing rainforest acreage, Celestia’s perfect manners, and Izara’s nascent magic to their aristocratic names. With their money running out, they enact a dangerous plan—using an obscure spell, Izara demands a favor from the Lady of the Seraphine: a husband for Celestia, one rich enough to enable the sisters to keep their land. But a favor from the river goddess always comes at a cost... Five years later, rumors of war and disease are spreading, Celestia’s husband has been called away on secret business for the Emperor, and the Lady of the Seraphine is back to collect her due, forcing Izara to leave the academy where she has been studying magic and pulling Celestia from her now-flourishing farm • Critically acclaimed writer: Clarke while newly pregnant.
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