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Somersault (宙返り Chūgaeri) is a 1999 novel by Kenzaburō Ōe. It was about a nuclear catastrophe and religious sects. It received inspiration from Aum Shinrikyo. The English translation by Philip Gabriel first appeared in 2003. It was Ōe’s first novel since he won the 1994 literature Nobel Prize. It was published in the United States by Grove Press. The book was published in the United Kingdom by Atlantic Books.