Vanishing World

Makes the ordinary world as we see it look strange again... Publishers will continue to seek out imitations of [Sayaka's] vision - but why bother, when the real thing is so good? * Financial Times *
In the imagination of Sayaka Murata, nothing seems to be off limits... Like The Handmaid's Tale on acid * New York Times *
Compulsive... A reminder of how quickly even the strangest ideas can become convention * Guardian *
Japanese fiction leads a boom in translated novels and Murata is its queen... Fit to burst with eye-popping twists and conceits... A typically wild ride * Daily Mail *
Murata is a phenomenon... Vanishing World could not have arrived at a more fitting moment, given the Trump administrations' preoccupation with women's bodily autonomy... Murata's brilliantly unsettling ending will leave you reeling and questioning your own beliefs * Stylist *
Japan's answer to Brave New World... Murata has the uncanny prescience of the best sci-fi writers * Daily Telegraph *
Quirky and thought-provoking * Grazia *
A bleak, funny vision of a future where our sad world gets a lot worse * Sunday Times *
For those who feel haunted by the whole idea of the normal, Vanishing World offers, like all of this writer's books, something you just can't find anywhere else * Wall Street Journal *
A unique angle on what happens to someone when the building blocks of society start coming down around them * Irish Independent *
Murata's skill lies in making even the most outlandish ideas seem logical * Prospect *
The best book I've read in the past year... It left me feeling something I hadn't felt before - that's the hallmark of a great book -- Ulla Johnson * Financial Times *