Inhabitation

A Novel

Cover Art for 9781640092174, Inhabitation by Teru Miyamoto
ISBN: 9781640092174
Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
Published: 9 July, 2019
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Penguin
Editions:
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A living lizard nailed to a pillar and a young man bound by a family misfortune—a tale that poses questions about life, death, and karma by one of Japan’s most beloved living writersIn 1970s Osaka, college student Tetsuyuki moves into a shabby apartment to evade his late father’s creditors. But the apartment’s electricity hasn’t been reconnected yet, and Tetsuyuki spends his first night in darkness. Wanting to hang up a tennis cap from his girlfriend, Yōko, he fumbles about in the dark and drives a nail into a pillar. The next day he discovers that he has pierced the body of a lizard, which is still alive. He decides to keep it alive, giving it food and water and naming it Kin. Inhabitation unfolds from there, following the complications in Tetsuyuki’s relationship with Yōko, a friendship with his supervisor who hides his heart disease at work, and his father’s creditors, always close on his heels. Daunted, Tetsuyuki speaks to Kin night after night, and Kin’s peculiarly tortured situation reflects the mingled pain, love, and guilt that infuses Tetsuyuki’s human relationships. “Those who read this novel even once will never forget Tetsuyuki’s intensity. I am one of them. Vulnerable, vigorous, the raw sparkle of youth burning with agony. The entire story is crystallized in the image of Kin–chan, who wants to move but can’t. Brilliant is the only word to describe Inhabitation.” —Banana Yoshimoto, author of Moshi Moshi

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