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Scattered All Over the Earth

By Yoko Tawada

Scattered All Over the Earth Contemporary literature

Scattered All Over the Earth

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Welcome to the not-too-distant future: Japan, having vanished from the face of the earth, is now remembered as "the land of sushi." Hiruko, its former citizen and a climate refugee herself, has a job teaching immigrant children in Denmark with her invented language Panska (Pan-Scandinavian): "homemade language. no country to stay in. three countries I experienced. insufficient space in brain. so made new language. homemade language." As she searches for anyone who can still speak her mother tongue, Hiruko soon makes new friends. Her troupe travels to France, encountering an umami cooking competition; a dead whale; an ultra-nationalist named Breivik; unrequited love; Kakuzo robots; red herrings; uranium; an Andalusian matador. Episodic and mesmerizing scenes flash vividly along, and soon they're all next off to Stockholm. With its intrepid band of companions, Scattered All Over the Earth (the first novel of a trilogy) may bring to mind Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or a surreal Wind in the Willows, but really is just another sui generis Yoko Tawada masterwork.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
256
Release Date:
2022-03-01
Publication Date:
2022-03-01
Publisher:
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0811229289
ISBN13:
9780811229289
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
233 g
Height:
133 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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