# Facing the Bridge

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- Book: [Facing the Bridge](https://www.bookquiver.com/yoko-tawada/facing-the-bridge) ([Facing the Bridge.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/yoko-tawada/facing-the-bridge.md))
- Authors: [Yoko Tawada](https://www.bookquiver.com/yoko-tawada)
- Publisher: granta
- ISBN: 978-18-0351-188-7
- Pages: 192
- Published: 2026-01-15
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Amo, an African kidnapped to Europe as a boy, and Tamao, a Japanese exchange student in Germany, live in different countries but are being followed by the same shadow; Kazuko, a young professional tourist, is lured to Vietnam by a mysterious postcard; on the Canary Islands, a nameless translator battles a banana grove and a series of Saint Georges... These three tales by master storyteller Yoko Tawada cross cultures and histories with a sensuous playfulness. In Facing the Bridge, obsession becomes delight as the reader is whisked into a world where identities flicker and shift in a never-ending balance.