Scattered All Over the Earth

by Yōko Tawada

“everything from yesterday disappears, then yesterday into long ago transforms.”

‘Welcome to the Country of the Three Wonderful S’s’.” “three s’s?” “Sauna, Sibelius, Sushi.” “not sushi, sisu. sushi entirely not finnish. i alone say, no one will believe.”

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Some woman said we didn’t need language anymore now that we have emoji, which seemed to me to be missing the point. If her son broke her favorite vase what would she do — draw an angry-face emoji for him?

Lol