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A mindexpanding cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada winner of the National Book Award
Welcome to the nottoodistant 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 PanScandinavian 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 ultranationalist named Breivik unrequited love Kakuzo robots red herrings uranium an Andalusian matador Episodic and mesmerizing scenes flash vividly along and soon theyre 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 Alices Adventures in Wonderland or a surreal Wind in the Willows but really is just another sui generis Yoko Tawada masterwork
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