The Beast Player by Nahoko Uehashi
From Book Trigger Warnings
The Beast Player
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| Author(s) | Nahoko Uehashi, Cathy Hirano (translator) |
|---|---|
| Published | 2018 |
| Publisher | Pushkin Press |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy |
| Age group | Young Adult |
The Beast Player (original title: Kemono no Sōja) by Nahoko Uehashi is a young adult fantasy novel and was originally published in Japan, 2009. It was translated to English by Cathy Hirano in 2018 and first published by Pushkin Press in that same year.
Trigger Warnings
- Animal death
- Death of a parent (non-descriptive)
- Death of a parental figure (non-descriptive)
- Disownment
- Racial Discrimination
- Sacrifice of a person to wild animals as a punishment (does not happen on camera)
- Suicide (a character talks about the suicide of their student)
- Violence
Representation
- Japanese*
An asterisk (*) indicates the author openly identifies with that identity.
