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A review by acatastrophe
Scattered All Over the Earth by Yōko Tawada
Did not finish book. Stopped at 46%.
(from my personal reading journal, Dec. 25, 2023)
A fantastical view of the world where dead nations vanish from memory. Comes highly recommended, and yet is SO offensive. There's a horrible pastiche of a trans woman and a Greenlandic Inuit who's always called "eskimo"--this is an in-character choice, but I can't help but think Tawada can't make that call. Besides that, it's a plodding, pointless affair. Good riddance.
A fantastical view of the world where dead nations vanish from memory. Comes highly recommended, and yet is SO offensive. There's a horrible pastiche of a trans woman and a Greenlandic Inuit who's always called "eskimo"--this is an in-character choice, but I can't help but think Tawada can't make that call. Besides that, it's a plodding, pointless affair. Good riddance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia