- Societies, Ethics, Group identity, Fiction
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.
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Contemporary, contemplative, prestige and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Yōko Tawada
- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 142
- Publisher
- New Directions, Anagrama
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9788433906243
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