{"product_id":"scattered-all-over-the-earth","title":"Scattered All Over the Earth","description":"\u003cp\u003eA mind-expanding, cheerfully dystopian new novel by Yoko Tawada, winner of the 2022 National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWelcome 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48728500568288,"sku":"0811229289","price":2880.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9780811229289.jpg?v=1770122308","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/ja\/products\/scattered-all-over-the-earth","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}