Set inside a vast factory, this striking debut follows people engaged in strange tasks, from destroying documents to planting rooftop gardens, and portrays the absurdity of work and life. It won both the Shincho Newcomer Award and the Oda Sakunosuke Prize.

A gigantic factory that makes no one knows what, with mysterious animals living on its grounds.

A river carries away the living, a strange bird inhabits a white mountain of books, and the world seems close to bursting. In landscapes where the boundary between reality and imagination trembles, people seek freedom while confronting the distance between themselves and others.

A novel that asks where people go when the boundaries of the world begin to unravel.