Lowest Common Denominator - Pirkko Saisio Kawabata - but also many

Kawabata - but also many surprising new pieces

A masterpiece of Ethiopian literature

Translator: Eric Ozawa

Doctor Suguro practises medicine in a backwater still recovering from the war

the book that marked the birth of the modern essay form

Lowest Common Denominator - Pirkko Saisio Kawabata - but also manyGrandma made me take lots of naps. She believed sleep was the most important thing in the world for children. And that adults should be allowed to drink their afternoon coffee in peace. In this charming patchwork of fever dreams and memories, Pirkko Saisio transports us to the 1950s Finland of her youth, where she navigates life as an only child of communist parents. Convinced she will grow up to become a man, a young Pirkko keeps trying and failing