錆びた太陽

by Riku Onda

「最後の事故」で、人間が立ち入れなくなった地域をパトロールしているロボット「ウルトラ・エイト」。彼らの居住区に、ある日、人間が現れた。国税庁から来たという20代の女性・財護徳子。人間である彼女の命令に従わざるを得ないロボットたち……。恩田陸の想像力が炸裂する本格長編小説。

425 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 21, 2017

About the author

Riku Onda (Japanese name: 恩田 陸), born in 1964, is the professional name of Nanae Kumagai. She has been writing fiction since 1991 and has won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers, the Japan Booksellers' Award, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Novel for The Aosawa Murders, the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize, and the Naoki Prize. Her work has been adapted for film and television. The Aosawa Murders was her first crime novel and the first time she was translated into English. It was selected by The New York Times as a Notable Book of 2020.