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Tokyo Ueno Station

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Haunting portrayal of Tokyo's vulnerable population.

This book is a poignant and haunting exploration of Tokyo's marginalized communities. Through the lens of Kazu, a laborer haunted by his past and the traumas of natural disasters, the author provides a powerful critique of the Imperial system and sheds light on the lives of Japan's most vulnerable citizens. With its outsider's perspective and deeply felt depiction, Tokyo Ueno Station is a must-read that will leave a lasting impact on readers.

  • National Book Award for Translated Literature (2020)
  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Longlist Morgan Giles (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Tokyo Ueno Station

Regular price RM48.18 MYR
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ISBN: 9780593187524
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Date of Publication: 2021-06-22
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.48
(rated by 21840 readers)

Description

Born in Fukushima in 1933, the same year as the Emperor, Kazu’s life is tied by a series of coincidences to Japan’s Imperial family and to one particular spot in Tokyo; the park near Ueno Station – the same place his unquiet spirit now haunts in death. It is here that Kazu’s life in Tokyo began, as a labourer in the run up to the 1964 Olympics, and later where he ended his days, living in the park’s vast homeless ‘villages’, traumatised by the destruction of the 2011 tsunami and enraged by the announcement of the 2020 Olympics. Akutagawa-award-winning author Yu Miri uses her outsider’s perspective as a Zainichi (Korean-Japanese) writer to craft a novel of utmost importance to this moment, a powerful rebuke to the Imperial system and a sensitive, deeply felt depiction of the lives of Japan’s most vulnerable people.
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Haunting portrayal of Tokyo's vulnerable population.

This book is a poignant and haunting exploration of Tokyo's marginalized communities. Through the lens of Kazu, a laborer haunted by his past and the traumas of natural disasters, the author provides a powerful critique of the Imperial system and sheds light on the lives of Japan's most vulnerable citizens. With its outsider's perspective and deeply felt depiction, Tokyo Ueno Station is a must-read that will leave a lasting impact on readers.

  • National Book Award for Translated Literature (2020)
  • PEN Translation Prize Nominee for Longlist Morgan Giles (2021)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.