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World Service,4 mins

How will humanity come to its end?

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Under The Eye Of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami and translated by Asa Yoneda is one of the books shortlisted for this years International Booker Prize. A collection of linked short stories spanning millions of years, it explores and imagines the very end of humanity.

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