The emissary
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Author
Contributors
Mitsutani, Margaret, translator.
Published
New York : New Directions Books, [2018].
Physical Desc
138 pages ; 21 cm.
Status
Redwood Campus
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Published
New York : New Directions Books, [2018].
Format
Book
Language
English
UPC
9780811227629
Notes
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"New Directions paperback original, NDP1405."
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.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tawada, Y., & Mitsutani, M. (2018). The emissary . New Directions Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tawada, Yōko, 1960- and Margaret, Mitsutani. 2018. The Emissary. New Directions Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tawada, Yōko, 1960- and Margaret, Mitsutani. The Emissary New Directions Books, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tawada, Yōko, and Margaret Mitsutani. The Emissary New Directions Books, 2018.
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