The final volume of the electric Scattered All Over the Earth trilogy, from the prize-winning Japanese author.

In this concluding volume, intrepid Hiruko and her band of friends embark on a sea voyage in search of Hiruko's lost island homeland - the Land of Sushi. The boat carrying the companions strikes east from Copenhagen across the Baltic Sea, but as it docks in coastal ports along the route, an array of mysterious characters boards the vessel.

Deeply inventive, poignant and sublime, Archipelago of the Sun is yet another masterful novel by the grande dame of Japanese literature.

Details

ISBN13: 9781803513201
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 224
Edition:
Publication Date: 03 Feb 2026
Publisher: Granta Books
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 21.6(H)x13.5(L)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Yoko Tawada writes in both Japanese and German. She has received the Akutagawa Prize among other awards, and is the author of Memoirs of a Polar Bear, The Bridegroom was a Dog, Scattered all Over the Earth, The Naked Eye and The Last Children of Tokyo, which won the National Book Award under the title The Emissary.

Margaret Mitsutani is a translator of Yoko Tawada and Kenzaburō Ōe.

Reviews

'Tawada writes beautifully about unbearable things' - Sara Baume
'Every Yoko Tawada novel pulls the ground out from under us, but gives us new senses in return' - Madeleine Thien
'Tawada disrupts our perception and reveals the terror and beauty of our world as we get lost in it, and regain our footing through reading her novels' - Kit Fan
'Tawada's prose is light on its feet, informal while still feeling deliberate, providing delicate and straightforward descriptions of events that are often complicated and bizarre' - New York Times