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When the National Book Award for Translated Literature was awarded to “Tokyo Ueno Station” by Yu Miri and translated by Morgan Giles in late 2020, it was the second time in three years that a translation from Japanese had won the prestigious award. The impressive achievement signified the unique literary accomplishment of Miri and Giles.
“The book is an observation of Japan […] at multiple thresholds of shifting eras […] told in the bardo of a mourning father and compatriot, reciting his surroundings and circumstances as if a prayer, a mantra,” wrote the judges. “Tokyo Ueno Station” is a bone-crushingly sad observation of contemporary social issues in Japan. Told by a ghost among the homeless of Ueno Park, the narrator reflects on his personal history of tragedy, poverty and fleeting moments of love.
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