Exit 8

‘Page-turning thrills and intriguing mystery … a must-read for those who want to devour a story in one sitting’ * Radio Times *
‘Like Haruki Murakami at his finest, filtered through the fears and concerns of a whole new generation. Exit 8 takes tropes of gaming, anime and slacker fiction, mashes them together and strains the resulting blend into a shot glass’ – Richard Morgan * author of Altered Carbon *

Genki Kawamura was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1979. In 2012, he published his first novel, If Cats Disappeared from the World, which has been translated into 35 languages and sold over 3 million copies worldwide. His other books include One Hundred Flowers, The Horse and I, and Whispering Rooms, co-authored with Marie Kondo. In 2022, Kawamura became the first Japanese filmmaker to receive the Best Director Award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival. In 2025, his second feature film Exit 8, inspired by a cult video game, was chosen as an Official Selection at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.

Sameeha Anwar is a writer and translator based in Japan. She was awarded Second Prize in the 2025 Japanese Literature Publishing Project International Translation Competition for her translation of classical Japanese texts by the haiku poet Kobayashi Issa. Her translation credits include the film Evil Does Not Exist (2024). She teaches translation at the Japan Visualmedia Translation Academy in Tokyo.

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