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“The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani is a fable-style narrative that offers a profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world. It is an exceptionally rare book, marked by its deep, sincere, and precise comprehension and portrayal of history and reality. This work, with great wisdom, sheds light on the formidable challenges that humanity faces in the third millennium. What distinguishes this crisis from previous ones is its origin in the realms of science, politics, and outdated systems, with irreconcilable characteristics and the potential to be the ultimate crisis for humankind. It may well be a pivotal turning point, ushering in an era that no longer requires wisdom. The Great Wave is a truly unique book that captivates readers with its vivid and skillful prose. Its content is imbued with both passion and sagacity.—Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir “If you’re trying to decide whether the world is going crazy or you are, Michiko Kakutani’s new book should prove uplifting. The Great Wave is a panoramic survey of the various forces pulling us apart, depositing us in isolated camps, replacing coherence with chaos. If you want to know where we’re headed, look elsewhere. If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable.—Joseph Ellis, author of The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents “In this dazzling and brilliant book, Michiko Kakutani provides a sweeping look at the historical and social and technological forces that have crested to create the destructive wave of volatility that is disrupting our times. Drawing lessons from the Middle Ages to the Gilded Age, she explains the cascading chaos of our era and points to ways that we can regain some stability.”—Walter Isaacson, New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk

“The Great Wave by Michiko Kakutani is a fable-style narrative that offers a profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world. It is an exceptionally rare book, marked by its deep, sincere, and precise comprehension and portrayal of history and reality. This work, with great wisdom, sheds light on the formidable challenges that humanity faces in the third millennium. What distinguishes this crisis from previous ones is its origin in the realms of science, politics, and outdated systems, with irreconcilable characteristics and the potential to be the ultimate crisis for humankind. It may well be a pivotal turning point, ushering in an era that no longer requires wisdom. The Great Wave is a truly unique book that captivates readers with its vivid and skillful prose. Its content is imbued with both passion and sagacity.”—Ai Weiwei, author of 1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows: A Memoir “If you’re trying to decide whether the world is going crazy, or you are, Michiko Kakutani's new book should prove uplifting. The Great Wave is a panoramic survey of the various forces pulling us apart, depositing us in isolated camps, replacing coherence with chaos. If you want to know where we're headed, look elsewhere. If you want to know how we got here, The Great Wave is indispensable.”—Joseph Ellis, author of The Cause: the American Revolution and Its Discontents

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Michiko Kakutani is a Pulitzer Prize–winning literary critic and the former chief book critic of The New York Times. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth and Ex Libris.

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