translated by Michael Hofmann
the lessons maddeningly obscure
The two form an uneasy relationship
But what will his re-education mean
the supernatural feathered serpent of ancient Mesoamerica
Transit Hiromi Kawakami translated by Michael HofmannIn the wake of her family's collapse, a writer and her two young sons move to London. The upheaval is the catalyst for a number of transitions personal, moral, artistic, and practical as she endeavours to construct a new reality for herself and her children. In the city, she is made to confront aspects of living that she has, until now, avoided, and to consider questions of vulnerability and power, death and renewal, in what becomes her struggle to