Scattered All Over the Earth by Yoko Tawada, translated by Margaret Mitsutani [in Booklist]
15 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
Polyglot Yoko Tawada, who writes in both Japanese and German, introduced an ursine character named Knut in Memoirs of a Polar Bear (2016) and opens her newest import with a same-named protagonist. Whether or not the two are related seems unlikely, yet in Tawada’s fascinating tale,...