“The dead don’t go anywhere. They’re all here. Each moment is always overlapping with another.” Chapter 1: The Beginning of Grief Yoshie, a young woman in Tokyo, struggles […]
Japanese literature
The Book of Tokyo
“Tokyo is a city of layers—some visible, some hidden beneath the surface, but all pulsing with life.” Introduction The Book of Tokyo, edited by Masashi Matsuie, is a […]
German literature
Berlin Alexanderplatz
“You must reckon with life, Franz Biberkopf, life is a reckoning.” Book One: The Punishment Begins Franz Biberkopf is released from Tegel prison after serving four years for […]
French literature
The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
“A book is a door. You open it. You step through.” Chapter 1: Juliette’s Routine Juliette, a young Parisian woman, mechanically rides the Métro every day to her […]
English literature
NW
“The fat sun stalls by the phone masts. Anti-climb paint turns sulphurous on school gates and lampposts. In Willesden people go barefoot, the streets turn European, there is […]