Scattered All Over the Earth von Tawada, Yoko und Mitsutani, Margaret

Presenting an eco-dystopian near-future Tokyo where the old live on immortally and the lives of children are conversely brief, this story of filial love from the author of "Memoirs Of A Polar Bear" sees Yoshiro and great-grandson Mumei...

The always astonishing Yoko Tawada here takes a walk on the supernatural side of the street. In "Kollwitzstrasse," as the narrator muses on former East Berlin's new bourgeois health food stores, so popular with wealthy young people, a...