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| Verlag | Norton |
| Auflage | 2018 |
| Seiten | 128 |
| Format | 13,2 x 20,3 x 1,0 cm |
| Gewicht | 176 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| Übersetzer | Margaret Mitsutani |
| ISBN-10 | 0811227626 |
| EAN | 9780811227629 |
| Bestell-Nr | 81122762EA |
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.
