"Flat Dog" Author: [Japanese] Otsuichi Translator: Lü Lingzhi Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Company

★A fantasy masterpiece by Otsuichi, the author of "Summer, Fireworks and My Dead Body".

★A wonderful story of innocence and cruelty: That summer, I lost my mother's legs.

★Although I am abnormal, I am happy. I am not out of place, but I am different.

★I always like to stay in a corner, but the earth is round and there is no real corner.

★The story is filled with a strange atmosphere, but also filled with touching human emotions.

★One lonely person after another makes up a cruel yet warm story.

★New translation, hardcover collection.

Introduction

I got a blue puppy tattooed on my arm. It tilted its head questioningly, holding a white flower in its mouth. I carefully covered it with my sleeve, but it barked while I was working, and even slept on my belly, not listening at all.

My family member has a terminal illness, and I was terrified at the thought of having to live alone. How could I support a dog when I couldn't even take care of myself? I decided to give the dog away and left a message online:

His name is Pocky, he is a male, three centimeters long, and his fur is blue...

Would anyone want to take in a greedy and naughty puppy that runs around on the skin?

However, just a moment after sending the message, I received a response - if you want to save your family, come with the dog!

Otsuichi

Born in 1978, he is a Japanese writer and independent film director. At the age of 16, he wrote "Summer, Fireworks, and My Dead Body", which won the 6th JUMP Novel Award in 1996 and caused a sensation in the Japanese literary world.

In 2003, "GOTH Broken Palm Incident" won the 3rd Honkaku Mystery Award.

Otsuichi became famous at a young age. He has a very distinctive writing style and bold story materials. He can write about the most subtle aspects of human nature in a calm and thorough manner, and he can also delicately depict the warm and beautiful emotions in the lonely world. He is generally regarded as a writing genius and is highly praised by writers, critics and readers.

His other representative works include "Dark Fairy Tale", "Plane Dog", "Waiting in the Dark", "Dying Youth", etc.