A review by 38_simulated
Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada

2.0

The idea of Japan disappearing is an intriguing response to that nation’s demographic crisis, the logical conclusion to the problem of a declining population. But this novel steadfastly refuses to do anything interesting with it. Plot is very much backgrounded in favour of character exploration, but I didn’t find any of those characters especially engaging, and didn’t really care about any of them. File under missed opportunity.