{"id":1621,"date":"2007-09-01T21:33:56","date_gmt":"2007-09-02T01:33:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookdragon.si.edu\/?p=1621"},"modified":"2015-08-17T10:04:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T14:04:25","slug":"mail-vols-1-3-by-housui-yamazaki-translated-by-douglas-varenas-edited-by-carl-gustav-horn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/mail-vols-1-3-by-housui-yamazaki-translated-by-douglas-varenas-edited-by-carl-gustav-horn\/","title":{"rendered":"Mail (vols. 1-3) by Housui Yamazaki, translated by Douglas Varenas, edited by Carl Gustav Horn [in Bloomsbury Review]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mail<\/a>From the artist who brought you the inventively creepy Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service<\/a><\/em> series comes a three-volume thriller that will cause goosebumps, even in 95 degree weather. Reiji Akiba, who grew up blind, is given back his sight, thanks to medical advances. But now he also has the ability to see a whole other dimension: Denied eternal peace, some souls are damned to wander until something \u2013\u00a0or someone\u00a0\u2013\u00a0can help them find eternal rest.<\/p>\n

When weird coincidences happen that you can\u2019t quite explain away, Akiba knows that it\u2019s the dead sending a desperate, often dangerous, message to the living. Now a detective of sorts with all-knowing powers, Akiba\u00a0\u2013\u00a0with the help of his\u00a0trusty Kagutsuchi, a supernatural gun that sends the undead to final rest\u00a0\u2013\u00a0helps the living reclaim themselves from the clutches of certain death. Word to the wise: Don\u2019t read these late at night!<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Windows: Asian Literature in Translation: New & Notable Books,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, September\/October 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2006-2007 (United States)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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From the artist who brought you the inventively creepy Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service<\/a><\/em> series comes a three-volume thriller that will cause goosebumps, even in 95 degree weather. Reiji Akiba, who grew up blind, is given back his sight, thanks to medical advances. But now he also has the ability to see a whole other dimension: Denied eternal peace, some souls are damned to wander until something \u2013 or someone \u2013 can help them find eternal rest.<\/p>\n

When weird coincidences happen that you can\u2019t quite explain away, Akiba knows that it\u2019s the dead sending a desperate, often dangerous, message to the living. Now a detective of sorts with all-knowing powers, Akiba \u2013 with the help of his trusty Kagutsuchi, a supernatural gun that sends the undead to final rest \u2013 helps the living reclaim themselves from the clutches of certain death. Word to the wise: Don\u2019t read these late at night!<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Windows: Asian Literature in Translation: New & Notable Books,\u201d The Bloomsbury Review<\/em>, September\/October 2007<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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