Archipelago of the Sun
Publisher,Granta
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Format, Paperback
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No. of Pages, 224
Shelf: FICTION / ADULT FICTION / ROMANCE
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The final volume of the electric Scattered All Over the Earth trilogy, from the prize-winning Japanese author.
In this concluding volume, intrepid Hiruko and her band of friends embark on a sea voyage in search of Hiruko's lost island homeland - the Land of Sushi. The boat carrying the companions strikes east from Copenhagen across the Baltic Sea, but as it docks in coastal ports along the route, an array of mysterious characters boards the vessel.
Deeply inventive, poignant and sublime, Archipelago of the Sun is yet another masterful novel by the grande dame of Japanese literature.
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About the Author
Yoko Tawada writes in both Japanese and German. She has received the Akutagawa Prize among other awards, and is the author of Memoirs of a Polar Bear, The Bridegroom was a Dog, Scattered all Over the Earth, The Naked Eye and The Last Children of Tokyo, which won the National Book Award under the title The Emissary.
About the Translator
Margaret Mitsutani is a translator of Yoko Tawada and Kenzaburō Ōe.
