Yoko Tawada

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The EmissaryPaperback, 24 April 2018

The Emissary
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Print Length
128 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Date Published
24 Apr 2018
ISBN-10
0811227626
ISBN-13
9780811227629

Description

Japan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient--frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism. Yoshiro concentrates on nourishing Mumei, a strangely wonderful boy who offers "the beauty of the time that is yet to come."

A delightful, irrepressibly funny book, The Emissary is filled with light. Yoko Tawada, deftly turning inside-out "the curse," defies gravity and creates a playful joyous novel out of a dystopian one, with a legerdemain uniquely her own.

Product Details

Author:
Yoko Tawada
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
24 April 2018
Dimensions:
19.56 x 12.95 x 1.27 cm
ISBN-10:
0811227626
ISBN-13:
9780811227629
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Weight:
158.76 gm

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