Kizumonogatari: Wound Tale -- Nisioisin

Around midnight, under a lonely street lamp in a provincial town in Japan, lies a white woman, a blonde, alone, robbed of all four limbs, yet undead. Indeed, a rumor's been circulating among the local girls that a vampire has come to their backwater, of all places.<br> Koyomi Araragi, who prefers to avoid having friends because they'd lower his "intensity as a human, is naturally skeptical. Yet it is to him that the bloodsucking demon, a concept "dated twice over, beckons on the first day of spring break as he makes his way home with a fresh loot of morally compromising periodicals.<br> Always disarmingly candid, often hilariously playful, and sometimes devastatingly moving, <i>KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale</i> is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN, the bestselling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to <i>BAKEMONOGATARI</i> ("Monster Tale), this is where the legendary <i>MONOGATARI</i> series, whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim, begins. A theatrical feature based on <i>KIZUMONOGATARI</i> is due to be released in Japan in January 2016.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Nisioisin<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vertical<br><b>Published:</b> 12/15/2015<br><b>Pages:</b> 354<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.80lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.40h x 5.50w x 0.90d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781941220979<br><b>Age Range:</b> 14-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Publishers Weekly</i> 02/08/2016<br><p><b>About the Author</b><b