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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.
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.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
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Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780811227629 |
ISBN-10: | 0811227626 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Tawada, Yoko |
Übersetzung: | Mitsutani, Margaret |
Hersteller: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Maße: | 203 x 131 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Yoko Tawada |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.04.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,177 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
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Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9780811227629 |
ISBN-10: | 0811227626 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Tawada, Yoko |
Übersetzung: | Mitsutani, Margaret |
Hersteller: | New Directions Publishing Corporation |
Maße: | 203 x 131 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Yoko Tawada |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 24.04.2018 |
Gewicht: | 0,177 kg |