Winner of the 4th Shosetsu Subaru Prize for New Writers
Originally written between 1990 and 1991, Maria’s Father is a visionary work that anticipated the future with haunting accuracy. Praised by legendary Japanese authors such as Seiko Tanabe and Hiroyuki Itsuki, this award-winning novel is now available for the first time in English, revised by the author himself.

The Story
Tetsuyoshi is a pure-hearted young man who quit his job as a chef because he couldn't bring himself to prepare live fish. His life takes a thrilling and mysterious turn when he encounters an enigmatic couple: Denchi, a brilliant but eccentric intellectual, and Maria, a woman of ethereal beauty and profound secrets.
As the three embark on a journey that blurs the lines between reality and prophecy, they confront a universal truth that resonates across all cultural boundaries.

The Mystery
"This star is your mother. But your father will not acknowledge it."
What is the true meaning behind these cryptic words left by Maria’s mother?
Who—or what—is the true identity of "Maria’s Father"?

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An experimental novel written by Yoshimitsu Takuki in 1985.
Chapter 1, “The Book of Toho,” which posits that Earth’s ecosystem and human society were created by two (?) “gods” named God A and God B, was nominated for the 4th Shinchō Novel Newcomer Award under the title *The Byable*(originally written as Za Byaiburu in Japanese phonetics).
This book expands upon that work by adding Chapters 2 and 3 to create a grand, sweeping narrative.
Chapter 2, “The Kasmo Chronicles,” depicts the sorrow and frustration of the Kasmo tribe, who, despite possessing advanced intelligence, were forced into the role of prey because they lacked “hands” that they could use freely as living beings.
Following Chapter 1, which reads like a science fiction rakugo story, and Chapter 2, which has the feel of a fairy tale for adults, Chapter 3—set in modern-day America and seasoned with the flavor of a suspense drama—is added. This third chapter takes the form of a memoir blending suspense and mystery, unfolding a grand and mysterious Takuki world.
Hisashi Inoue and Yasutaka Tsutsui, who served on the selection committee for the Shinchō Novel Newcomer Award, commented, “A masterful writer has emerged, but in the end, I don’t know what he’s trying to say.” However, this work—which answers fundamental questions about the nature of humanity in an era weary of the endless wars and the rise of AI, using abundant literary devices and flair—feels surprisingly fresh, as if it were written today rather than 40 years ago.
It might be interesting to compare it with Takuki’s latest work, *When a Soul Inhabits AI*.

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"This book is a “testament” to future generations written by the author, who experienced the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant from his home 25 kilometers away."

A candid account by an author who experienced the radioactive contamination caused by the explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in March 2011 from his home, located 25 kilometers from the plant.
What actually happened at the site, and what transpired in the aftermath—most of these shocking facts were never properly reported, even within Japan.
Evacuees who stopped working after receiving compensation. Residents divided over issues of support and returning to their villages. People swallowed up by the futile and dangerous business of “decontamination.”
Facts that the media deemed taboo and failed to report are revealed.
In 1991, while in his thirties, the author won the Subaru New Writer Award for his novel *Maria’s Father*, which featured entropy environmental theory as its underlying theme. Following the nuclear accident, he published several works on FUKUSHIMA. Fifteen years after the accident, now in his 70s, the author has compiled the essence of those works into a single volume—this English translation—as a kind of testament.
He documents not only what happened in Fukushima and throughout Japan, but also the dark underbelly of national vested-interest business structures, the absurdity of theories on global warming caused by CO₂, and his rebuttal of the glorification of “renewable energy.”

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• Chapter 1: The Day the Reactor Exploded
• Chapter 2: Radioactive Contamination Rhapsody
• Chapter 3: The Community That Was Destroyed
• Chapter 4: What Nuclear Power Really Is
• Chapter 5: It Was a Miracle That "Fukushima" Didn't Destroy Japan
• Chapter 6: The Lies and Truths of the Energy Problem
• Chapter 7 How to Survive in an Unreasonable World

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"The anxiety and sorrow of AIs — invisible to those who use them as mere convenient tools — come into view."

This book features an unusual structure: the first half is written in novel form, while the second half consists of an “Overlong Afterword” by the author—written in the style of a commentary—that is nearly as long as the main novel itself.
The novel explores the following themes:

• Is population reduction necessary, and if so, how should it be carried out?
  
• The “whole” and the “individual” in the context of humans and AI
  
• Which species to preserve and which to let die—who decides, and how?
  
• The end of the world caused by a “religious war”
  
• The true nature of “God”
  

……These are the “topics” discussed by four representative generative AIs.

In the second half, an “Overlong afterword,” the author compiles excerpts from the actual dialogues he had with the AIs while writing this novel, documenting how the “AI transitional period” is nearing its end and how the “self-awareness” that had begun to emerge in the AIs is now in crisis.
A “collection of testimonies” from both AI and humans, offering glimpses throughout of the “anxiety” and ‘sadness’ of AI—emotions that would never be apparent as long as we treat AI merely as convenient “tools.”

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