生命式 | Life Ceremony

Title: 生命式
Authors: 村田　沙耶香 著
Pages: 269P
Published At: October, 2019
Description:
A collection of 12 mind-bending stories hand-selected by the author, including the title work depicting a new funeral ritual where the deceased is consumed, presented as the most dangerous short story collection in literary history.

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