The Last Children of Tokyo (Paperback)
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The Last Children of Tokyo (Paperback)

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Paperback 144 Pages
Published: 07/06/2018
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Yoshiro thinks he might never die. A hundred years old and counting, he is one of Japan's many 'old-elderly'; men and women who remember a time before the air and the sea were poisoned, before terrible catastrophe promted Japan to shut itself off from the rest of the world. He may live for decades yet, but he knows his beloved great-grandson - born frail and prone to sickness - might not survive to adulthood. Day after day, it takes all of Yoshiro's sagacity to keep Mumei alive.

As hopes for Japan's youngest generation fade, a secretive organisation embarks on an audacious plan to find a cure - might Yoshiro's great-grandson be the key to saving the last children of Tokyo?

Publisher: Granta Books
ISBN: 9781846276705
Number of pages: 144
Weight: 122 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 8 mm


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A mini-epic of eco-terror, family drama and speculative fiction... a book unlike any other - Guardian

An open-hearted fable... Tawada's uber-isolationist neo-Japan is much less cute than Wes Anderson's. It's also much, much funnier - Financial Times

The Last Children of Tokyo has a recessive, lunar beauty... Arresting, with a flickering brilliance - Parul Sehgal, International New York Times

Unsettling and enchanting, gentle and sharp-edged. Tawada writes beautifully about unbearable things - Sara Baume, author of, A Line Made by Walking

One of the most thorough and convincingly conceived worlds I have read. The Last Children of Tokyo shows a land tottering on the brink of disaster but it is also a joyful exploration of language, a constantly surprising and exciting romp - Daisy Johnson, author of, Fen

The Last Children of Tokyo carries us beyond the limits of what is it is to be human, in order to remind us of what we must hold dearest in our conflicted world, our humanity - Sjón, author of, From the Mouth of the Whale

A convincing world-narrative that weaves together the beliefs of ancient Shintoism and contemporary politics, where transmutation between animals has become the norm - Fi Churchman, Art Review

Poetic, strange and melancholy, Tawada's nuanced language demonstrates a tenderness and refinement that subtly counterbalances the novella's bleak subject matter... impressive - Bryan Karetynk, TLS

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“Told with beauty and emotion!”

This story evolves as you read it. Beautifully evocative you quickly gain a sense of the unique setting.
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“Beautiful and lyrical prose”

This was another book that I saw on the trolley as I was shelving and was instantly fascinated by the cover.
It also fits in with my goal of reading more books which weren’t originally written in English.

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“A short novel, with a huge heart”

Tawada writes a mini-epic in the pages of The Last Children of Tokyo. Proving that speculative fiction doesn't have to a lumbering narrative, Tawada creates a beautiful account of hope in a world where there is... More

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