The Tatami Time Machine Blues (Nomad Edition)
A Novel
$21.84
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 March 2026
Summary
In the boiling heat of summer, a broken remote control for an air conditioner threatens life as we know it in this reality-bending, time-slipping sequel to The Tatami Galaxy.
During a scorching August in Kyoto, our protagonist and his worst friend, Ozu, are locked in a glaring contest in a four-and-a-half-tatami-mat room. Ozu has spilled Coke on the air conditioner’s remote control—the only AC in Shimogamo Yusuisuiso, their famously shabby sweatbox of an apar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780063485846 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0063485842 |
| Author: | Tomihiko Morimi, Emily Balistrieri |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | HarperVia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 200g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 150mm x 109mm |
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Critics Review
“While readers of the original Japanese endured 16 years of waiting, anglophone audiences got lucky with a mere year in between Morimi’s novels; gratitude for both translations goes to Balistrieri, who deftly channels the frenetic fun.” - Booklist
About The Author
Tomihiko Morimi
Tomihiko Morimi (b.1979) was born and raised in Nara Prefecture, Japan. After debuting in 2003, his first novel Taiyo no to (“Tower of the Sun”), which he wrote while studying at Kyoto University, won the 15th Japan Fantasy Novel Award. In 2007, Morimi received the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize for The Night is Short, Walk On Girl, and in 2010, Penguin Highway was awarded the Japan SF Grand Prize. Several of his works have been adapted into critically acclaimed anime series and films. He still lives and works in Nara.
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