The Emissary

Name: The Emissary
Author: Yoko Tawada

by Yoko Tawada

Novella about a mysterious emissary communicating between human and alien worlds

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About the author

Yoko Tawada

Japanese-German author who writes in both Japanese and German and is celebrated for fiction that treats language itself as an alien, defamiliarizing medium. Memoirs of a Polar Bear and The Emissary are among her internationally celebrated works.

More by Yoko Tawada

Memoirs of a Polar BearMultigenerational tale of three polar bears navigating survival and displacement
Where Europe BeginsEssay exploring cultural displacement and belonging between Europe and Asia
The Naked EyeNovel about a translator experiencing displacement and cultural dislocation
Scattered All Over the EarthScience fiction novel about diverse humans scattered across a climate-changed Earth