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Where Europe Begins by Yoko Tawada is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Where Europe Begins about?

Where Europe Begins Presents A Collection Of Startling, Innovative Stories By Yoko Tawada. In These Ten Tales - Two Originally Written In Japanese, Eight In German - The Reader Moves Through Landscapes Of Fairy Tales, Family History, Childhood Memories, Strange Words And Letters, Dreams, And Everyday Reality. In These Stories' Disparate Settings - Japan, Siberia, Russia, And Germany - Boundaries Blur And Shift Between The Physical And Metaphysical, Creating A Fragmented World Where A City Or Even The Human Body Can Become A Sort Of Text. Suddenly, The Reader Becomes As Much A Foreigner As The Author, Or The Figures That Fill This Book: The Ghost Of A Burned Woman, A Traveler On The Trans-siberian Railroad, A Mechanical Doll, A Tongue, A Monk Who Leaps Into His Own Reflection.--jacket. The Bath -- Where Europe Begins. The Reflection ; Spores ; Canned Foreign ; The Talisman ; Raisin Eyes ; Storytellers Without Souls ; Tongue Dance ; Where Europe Begins -- A Guest. Yoko Tawada ; Translated From The German By Susan Bernofsky ; From The Japanese By Yumi Selden ; With A Preface By Wim Wenders.

Who reads Where Europe Begins?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Yoko Tawada
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Published
2002
Language
EN
ISBN
9780811215152
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Stories
Rating
3.91 / 5 (149 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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