Sympathy Tower Tokyo (Akutagawa Prize Winner)

“Provocative…Masterfully subtle.” —The New York Times

“An architectural feat in itself.” —Financial Times

The award-winning, bestselling Japanese phenomenon: a speculative, prophetic novel following a young and brilliant celebrity architect in Tokyo who takes on her most controversial project yet—perfect for readers of Klara and the Sun and Chain-Gang All-Stars.

Welcome to the Japan of tomorrow. Here, the practice of radical sympathy toward criminals has become normalized. The incarcerated a...