- Publisher
- Riverhead Books
- First published
- 2014
- Length
- ≈ 180 pages
- Reading time
- 5–6 hours
- ISBN
- 9780593088029
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
Yū Miri’s novel draws on the experience of a migrant labourer from north-eastern Japan and his work on Olympic construction sites in Tokyo. It also takes in the disaster of 11 March 2011. The book reflects the author’s interest in historical memory and in lives at the margins. First published in Japanese in 2014, it was translated into English by Morgan Giles.
Source: Tokyo Ueno Station (novel)
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