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Can I read The Emissary on EtoBox?
The Emissary by Yoko Tawada; Margaret Mitsutani is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Emissary about?
<p>Winner of 2018 National Book Award in Translated Literature<br></p> <p>Library Journal Best Books of 2018</p> <p>Yoko Tawada’s new novel is a breathtakingly light-hearted meditation on mortality and fully displays what Rivka Galchen has called her “brilliant, shimmering, magnificent strangeness”</p> <p>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.
Who reads The Emissary?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Yoko Tawada; Margaret Mitsutani
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811227636
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (65 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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