Mein Blut ist das Blut eines anderen

by Yasutaka Tsutsui

Kinukawa, der unscheinbare Angestellte eines Bauunternehmens in einer japanischen Kleinstadt, wird Zeuge eines Übergriffs der Mafia. Der harmlose Mann rastet aus und richtet unter den Verbrechern ein Blutbad an. Nun gerät er zweifach ins Visier der Die einen jagen ihn, die anderen wollen ihn für ihre Organisation gewinnen. Auch Kinukawas Arbeitgeber scheinen tief in einem Sumpf von Korruption und Verbrechen zu waten. Wilde Kämpfe und Bandenkriege nehmen ihren Lauf ...

Genres: Japan

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆) is a Japanese novelist, science fiction author, and actor. Along with Shinichi Hoshi and Sakyo Komatsu, he is one of the most famous science fiction writers in Japan. His Yume no Kizaka Bunkiten won the Tanizaki Prize in 1987. He has also won the 1981 Izumi Kyoka award, the 1989 Kawabata Yasunari award, and the 1992 Nihon SF Taisho Award. In 1997, he was decorated as a Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

His work is known for its dark humour and satirical content. He has often satirized Japanese taboos such as disabilities and the Tenno system, and has been victim to much criticism as a result. From 1993 to 1996, he went on a writing-strike to protest the excessive, self-imposed restraint of Japanese publishers.

One of his first novels, Toki o Kakeru Shōjo (1967), has been adapted into numerous media including film, television and manga. Another novel, Paprika (1993), was adapted into an animated film by the director Satoshi Kon in 2006.