{"product_id":"archipelago-of-the-sun-9780811239790","title":"Archipelago of the Sun","description":"\u003cem\u003eThe Archipelago of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e finds Hiruko still searching for her lost country, traveling around the Baltic on a mail boat. With her are Knut, a Danish linguist; Akash, an Indian in the process of moving to the opposite sex; Nanook, a Greenlander who once worked as a sushi chef; Nora, the German woman who loves Nanook but is equally concerned with social justice and the environment; and Susanoo, a former sushi chef who believes he is responsible for the entire group. But weren't they originally supposed to sail to Cape Town, and then on to India? Puzzled by this sudden change in route, which no one seems to remember anything about, they encounter long dead writers (Witold Gombrowicz, Hella Wuolijoki) on board, plus a cast of characters from literature, art, and myth. As the very existence of Hiruko and Susanoo's homeland is called into question, Susanoo meets the mythical princess he will marry, and Hiruko tells the others that she herself will be a house in which everyone can live. Though the trilogy comes to its end, their journey seems likely to continue.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMitsutani, Margaret:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Mitsutani\u003c\/strong\u003e has lived in Japan since the mid-1970s and was a finalist for the National Book Award for her translation of Yoko Tawada's \u003cem\u003eScattered All Over the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e and winner of the National Book Award for her translation of Tawada's \u003cem\u003eThe Emissary\u003c\/em\u003e. She also translates Japan's 1994 Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburo Oe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTawada, Yoko:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eYoko Tawada\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Tokyo in 1960, moved to Hamburg when she was twenty-two, and then to Berlin in 2006. She writes in both Japanese and German, and has published several books--stories, novels, poems, plays, essays--in both languages. She has received numerous awards for her writing including the Akutagawa Prize, the Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Kleist Prize, the Goethe Medal, and the National Book Award. New Directions publishes her story collections \u003cem\u003eWhere Europe Begins\u003c\/em\u003e (with a Preface by Wim Wenders) and \u003cem\u003eFacing the Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e, as well her novels \u003cem\u003eThe Naked Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Bridegroom Was a Dog\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Polar Bear\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Emissary, Scattered All over the Earth, Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel, Suggested in the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e, and forthcoming in autumn 2025 is \u003cem\u003eArchipelago of the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, the final novel in her \u003cem\u003eScattered trilogy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Directions Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51615672926482,"sku":"9780811239790","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e0688f9b-71f1-4680-876f-846a143227c3.jpg?v=1758106273","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/archipelago-of-the-sun-9780811239790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}