Her stark and disturbing stories, in which reality and hallucination frequently mesh, is reminiscent of Philip K. Suzuki’s writing is angry, bleak and outspokenly feminist, echoing many of the contemporary concerns of New Wave writers such as Lisa Tuttle or James Tiptree, Jr in the US. Terminal Boredom is the first collection of her short stories to be translated into English, and is a timely introduction to Suzuki’s powerful work. An actress and model who participated in the Japanese avant garde cinema of Shuji Terayama in the 1970s, she wrote sharp, incisive social SF that explores ideas around gender, alienation and drug use before committing suicide in 1986. Izumi Suzuki was a unique figure in Japanese speculative fiction. It’s like the boundary between them breks down, like you’re living in a dream.” Reality feels like a TV show, and TV shows feel like reality. You can just tack on an illogical ending to the story, like a deus ex machina for life. Like, you realize that there’s a simple way of dealing with everything that’s been weighing on you up til now. “All the shitty stuff stops bothering you. Izumi Suzuki – Terminal Boredom (2021, translated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O’Horan) If you have any questions about a shipment, send a note to our bookstore staff at.
Please allow 1-3 weeks for your book(s) to arrive. Books purchased for events will begin shipping out the day after the event, unless otherwise noted. Thank you for supporting our nonprofit-run indie bookstore! Your purchase will help support our KidsRead programs for NYC Public Schools, Emerging Writer Fellowships, and public programming. Panelists Sam Bett, Morgan Giles, Daniel Joseph, Margaret Mitsutani, and Helen O’Horan will discuss the timeliness of these themes as well as the widening body of Japanese-to-English translations.
The late author was a countercultural icon, centering her writing on themes of gender and the danger of technological attachment.
Terminal Boredom is a collection of unique, speculative short stories that capture Suzuki’s singular voice. A panel of Japanese-to-English literary translators joins us to celebrate the launch of science-fiction legend Izumi Suzuki’s first English-translated book.
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