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Vertical Inc. (now part of Kodansha Publishing) was the publisher responsible for bringing Ring , Spiral , Loop , Birthday , and S to the English-speaking market. Their translations by Glynne Walley and Robert S. Anthony received critical acclaim for preserving Suzuki’s clinical, eerie prose.

The man stood. His legs did not seem to bend quite right. When he walked to the edge of the rock, the water did not part for him. He simply stepped onto it and did not sink.