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Paprika - (Vintage Contemporaries) by Yasutaka Tsutsui (Paperback)

Paprika - (Vintage Contemporaries) by  Yasutaka Tsutsui (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Widely acknowledged as Tsutsui's masterpiece, "Paprika" unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a compelling, haunting narrative. When prototype models of a device for entering into patients' dreams go missing, it transpires that someone is using them to drive people insane.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Widely acknowledged as Yasutaka Tsutsui's masterpiece, <i>Paprika</i> unites his surreal, quirky imagination with a mind-bending narrative about a psychiatric institute that has developed the technology to invade people's dreams. <p/> When prototype models of a dream-invading device go missing at the Institute for Psychiatric Research, it transpires that someone is using them to drive people insane. Threatened both personally and professionally, brilliant psychotherapist Atsuko Chiba has to journey into the world of fantasy to fight her mysterious opponents. As she delves ever deeper into the imagination, the borderline between dream and reality becomes increasingly blurred, and nightmares begin to leak into the everyday realm. The scene is set for a final showdown between the dream detective and her enemies, with the subconscious as their battleground, and the future of the waking world at stake.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Yasutaka Tsutsui is the doyen of avant-garde Japanese writers. His work is by turns innovative, thought-provoking and - not least - extremely entertaining." <br>--<i>The Independent </i>(UK)<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>One of modern Japan's most renowned writers, <b>Yasutaka Tsutsui</b> has won the Tanizaki Prize, the Kawabata Prize, and several other awards. He was decorated as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

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