KIZUMONOGATARI

Around midnight under a lonely streetlamp 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. 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. Always disarmingly candid often hilariously playful and sometimes devastatingly moving KIZUMONOGATARI: Wound Tale is the perfect gateway into the world of author NISIOISIN the best-selling young novelist in Japan today. The prequel to BAKEMONOGATARI (Monster Tale) this is where the legendary MONOGATARI series whose anime adaptations have enjoyed international popularity and critical acclaim begins.