In the Case of a Bird's Dream [Japanese]

By Junya Komada

173rd Akutagawa Prize (first half of 2025) Nominated Work. The winner of the 68th Gunzo New Writers' Award. A man asks to be killed after his heart stops. The story follows two people and a java sparrow in a share house over 55 days, as the protagonist faces a casual yet unsettling request from her housemate, contemplating dreams, reality, past, present, life, and death.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 4065404258
• ISBN13: 9784065404256
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Kodansha
• Length: 152 Pages