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138 pages • first pub 2014 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811227629
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Yoko Tawada’s new novel, The Emissary, is a breathtakingly lighthearted meditation on mortality. After suffering a massive, irreparable disaster, Japan cuts itself off from the world. Children are born so weak they can barely walk; the only people...
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138 pages • first pub 2014 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780811227629
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: New Directions
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Yoko Tawada’s new novel, The Emissary, is a breathtakingly lighthearted meditation on mortality. After suffering a massive, irreparable disaster, Japan cuts itself off from the world. Children are born so weak they can barely walk; the only people...