A small Japanese town is cursed by a spiral -- a shape that begins appearing in the clouds, in a man's eyes, in the hair of the living and the bodies of the dead.
About This Book
A masterpiece of horror manga, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition! Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to be immersed in a world: mood and setting as important as plot. The prose is accessible: you can read this quickly and it never asks too much of you. It moves quickly: once you're in, it's hard to stop. Plot-first readers may find the pace too slow and the ambiguity too deliberate.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something atmospheric and mysterious, and a read that's fast and propulsive.
What It Explores
Uzumaki explores identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, and survival and what extreme circumstances ask of people.
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