{"product_id":"the-emissary-9780811227629","title":"The Emissary","description":"\u003cp\u003eJapan, after suffering from a massive irreparable disaster, cuts itself off from the world. Children are so weak they can barely stand or walk: the only people with any get-go are the elderly. Mumei lives with his grandfather Yoshiro, who worries about him constantly. They carry on a day-to-day routine in what could be viewed as a post-Fukushima time, with all the children born ancient--frail and gray-haired, yet incredibly compassionate and wise. Mumei may be enfeebled and feverish, but he is a beacon of hope, full of wit and free of self-pity and pessimism. Yoshiro concentrates on nourishing Mumei, a strangely wonderful boy who offers \"the beauty of the time that is yet to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA delightful, irrepressibly funny book, \u003ci\u003eThe Emissary\u003c\/i\u003e is filled with light. Yoko Tawada, deftly turning inside-out \"the curse,\" defies gravity and creates a playful joyous novel out of a dystopian one, with a legerdemain uniquely her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811227629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/29\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yoko Tawada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36644314185884,"sku":"9780811227629","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e9c53ad9-d10e-446b-8543-bcdf78a6a9c2.jpg?v=1603858335","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-emissary-9780811227629","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}