“Grandpa, what was it like when you were young?” “Back then, children grew up fast—too fast.” The Last Children of Tokyo is a dystopian novel set in a […]
Japanese literature
Memoirs of a Polar Bear
“Writing is like walking on thin ice—you never know when you’ll fall through.” Part One: The Grandmother’s Memoirs The novel opens with the autobiographical writings of a polar […]
Japanese literature
The Emissary
“The future had arrived, but it was nothing like what we’d imagined.” Chapter 1: A Changed World The novel opens in a near-future Japan where children are born […]