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Альтернативная Европа XIX века. После успешных экспериментов с оживлением мертвецов человечество находит новую рабочую силу. Мертвецы становятся неотъемлемой частью социума: грузчики, уборщики, водители кебов… Всю грязную работу отныне можно поручить этим бездушным созданиям. Во время одного из вооруженных конфликтов в Центральной Азии небольшой отряд…

Science, surrealism, number theory, and more dead Sigmund Freuds than you can shake a stick at.

This is not a novel.

This is not a short story collection.

This is Self-Reference ENGINE.

Instructions for Use: Read chapters in order. Contemplate the dreams of twenty-two dead Freuds. Note your position in spacetime at all times (and spaces). Keep an eye out for a talking bobby sock named Bobby Socks. Beware the star-man Alpha Centauri. Remember that the chapter entitled “Japanese” is translated from the Japanese, but should be read in Japanese. Warning: if reading this book on the back of a catfish statue, the text may vanish at any moment, and you may forget that it ever existed.

From the mind of Toh EnJoe comes Self-Reference ENGINE, a textual machine that combines the rigor of Stanislaw Lem with the imagination of Jorge Luis Borges. Do not operate heavy machinery for one hour after reading.

This brand new Ghost in the Shell release is a new collection of short stories by some of the biggest names in Japanese prose today. Featuring works by Tow Ubukata (Mardock Scramble), Toh EnJoe (Self-Reference Engine), Kafka Asagiri (Bungo Stray Dogs), Gakuto Mikumo (Strike the Blood), and Yoshinobu Akita (Sorcerous Stabber Orphen). Each of these talents add their own take on the hit manga to this collection, building upon and re-interpreting the world of the Major and Public Security Section 9.

第146回芥川賞受賞作!
無活用ラテン語で記された小説『猫の下で読むに限る』。
希代の多言語作家「友幸友幸」と、資産家A・A・エイブラムスの、
言語をめぐって連環してゆく物語。
SF、前衛、ユーモア、諧謔…すべての要素を持ちつつ、常に新しい文章の可能性を追いかけ続ける著者の新たな地平。

A witty, dizzying literary caper about books, travel, and translation — perfect for fans of David Mitchell and the work of Hideaki Anno

This delightfully surreal novella follows the global pursuit of a mysterious writer who somehow writes in dozens of languages.

An affluent entrepreneur named A.A. Abrams sinks seemingly infinite resources into the global pursuit of a writer about whom very little is known. Abrams’ target, known as “Tomoyuki Tomoyuki,” moves from one place to another, producing work in the local language before moving on to another part of the world.

But how does Tomoyuki Tomoyuki move from one language to the next with such ease? Agents employed by the Abrams Institute attempt to make sense of the writer’s erratic movements and baffling writing habits, but come to find that within each puzzle is yet another puzzle, waiting to be unraveled. One puzzle leads to another in this delightful literary caper.

叔父は文字だ。文字通り。文章自動生成プログラムの開発で莫大な富を得たらしい叔父から、大学生の姪に次々届く不思議な手紙。それは肉筆だけでなく、文字を刻んだ磁石やタイプボール、D NA配列として現れた――。言葉とメッセージの根源に迫る表題作と、脳内の巨大仮想都市に人生を封じこめた父の肖像「良い夜を持っている」。科学と奇想、思想と情感が織りなす魅惑の物語。