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The emissary

Tawada, Yōko, 1960-2018
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In a post-disaster Japan cut off from the rest of the world, in which children are so weak as to barely be able to walk and only the elderly have any energy, young Mumei and his great-grandfather, Yoshiro, carry on their day-to-day routine.
Main title:
The emissary / Yoko Tawada ; translated from the Japanese by Margaret Mitsutani.
Author:
Imprint:
New York : New Directions Books, [2018]©2018
Collation:
138 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"A New Directions paperbook original.""Kentoshi" was originally published in 2014. It was published in 2018 in English with the following titles: "The Last Children of Tokyo" (UK) and "The Emissary" (US). Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9780811227629 (paperback acidfree paper)
Dewey class:
895.635
Language:
EnglishJapanese
BRN:
485843
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