{"product_id":"the-emissary","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, \u003cem\u003eThe Emissary\u003c\/em\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","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942851510503,"sku":"9780811227629","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_ef067504-c33a-447e-8026-209e088a8f0a.jpg?v=1775270968","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-emissary","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}