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The Emissary by Yoko Tawada is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Emissary about?
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. Yoko Tawada ; Translated From The Japanese By Margaret Mitsutani.
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
- Publisher
- New York: New Directions Books
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780811227629
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (65 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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