02408cam a22003858i 4500 22242988 OSt 20231009155712.0 210917s2022 nyu 000 1 eng 2021044581 9781783789122 9780811229289 (paperback) 9780811229296 (ebook) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng jpn pcc PL862.A85 C4713 2022 895.635 TAW/S Tawada, Yōko, 1960- author. 9727 Chikyuu ni chiribamerarete. English Scattered all over the earth / Yoko Tawada ; translated by Margaret Mitsutani. First edition. 2203 New York : New Directions Paperbook Original, 2022. 219 pages text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Welcome to the not-too-distant 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 (Pan-Scandinavian): "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 ultra-nationalist named Breivik; unrequited love; Kakuzo robots; red herrings; uranium; an Andalusian matador. Episodic and mesmerizing scenes flash vividly along, and soon they're 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 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland or a surreal Wind in the Willows, but really is just another sui generis Yoko Tawada masterwork"-- Provided by publisher. Science fiction. lcgft Mitsutani, Margaret, translator. 7 rip orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 895.635 TAW/S 895.635 TAW/S 0 0 ddc 0 0 FIC MES MES ENG 2023-10-09 2 1 895.635 TAW/S 42848 2025-01-22 11:38:25 2025-01-03 599.00 2023-10-09 BK GR13R2 42616 42616