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Yoko Tawada, Transl. Margaret MitsutaniA modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
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On a rainy day in Copenhagen, Knut sits in his apartment and watches TV. He pays so little attention that he does not even notice when the programs change, but he soon finds himself watching a panel featuring people from extinct countries. The first speaker is a woman from East Germany who speaks about the cultural shift that happened when East and West Germany reunified. She says that the East German culture and way of life completely disappeared. After her is a woman who reminds Knut of the heroine from an anime show he likes, who says she is from an island nation near China. She speaks a homemade language that combines vocabulary and grammar from multiple Scandinavian languages. She cultivated the language while she traveled from country to country, failing to find permanent residence. She came to Europe as a student but when her country disappeared, she could not return home. She now works at the Märchen Center, teaching folktales to immigrant students to help them assimilate.
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