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Exit 8 - by Genki Kawamura (Paperback)

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  • From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name.A young man is commuting on a packed Tokyo subway, when he receives a phone call from his ex, with life-changing news.
  • About the Author: Genki Kawamura was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1979.
  • 144 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Thrillers

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From the award-winning director and NYT bestselling author of If Cats Disappeared from the World, the thrilling novelization of his hit film Exit 8, adapting the indie game of the same name.

A young man is commuting on a packed Tokyo subway, when he receives a phone call from his ex, with life-changing news. As he hurries off the train and through the station to join her, the call drops, no signal. Suddenly, reality shifts. He can't find the exit. Each time he passes through sterile corridors, silent except for his own footsteps, he discovers himself back at the beginning, going past the same advertisements, locked closets, coin-operated photo booth, and, disturbingly, the same man, who never responds to him. His desperation increases, but a sign on the wall reveals the rules he must follow in order to escape:

Do not overlook any anomalies.
If you find an anomaly, turn back immediately.
If you do not find any anomalies, do not turn back.
Go out through Exit 8.

As he stumbles through this endless loop, its only variations the bizarre terrors he is forced to endure, he finds himself confronting the traumas and disappointments of his past, and staring down the crossroads of his future. But as he falls deeper and deeper into this seemingly inescapable new reality, Exit 8 has never felt further away--unless, perhaps, anomalies are not things to be feared but to be embraced. Will he ever escape, and what lies on the other side?



About the Author



Genki Kawamura was born in Yokohama, Japan in 1979. He produced films such as Confessions, Villain, Wolf Children: Ame and Yuki, your name, and Koreeda's Monster. Youngest recipient in history for the Fujimoto Award. In 2012, he published his first novel If Cats Disappeared from the World. The book has been translated in 32 countries. Other works include Million Dollar Man, April Come She Will, Divine Song, Shigoto, Rikei, and The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse which he translated into Japanese. In 2022, he directed and wrote the film A Hundred Flowers based on his novel, to which he received the Silver Shell for Best Director Award at San Sebastian International Film Festival.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.25 Inches (H) x 5.38 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 144
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Thrillers
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Theme: Psychological
Format: Paperback
Author: Genki Kawamura
Language: English
Street Date: July 28, 2026
TCIN: 1011097150
UPC: 9781250469335
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-8456
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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