PositiveHyperallergic\"Yoshiro’s ability to accommodate his present by letting go of his past is among The Emissary’s most notable features. It allows a new concept of beauty to emerge — elegantly — despite the novel’s bleak future ... Despite the serious environmental and political challenges presented in The Emissary, Tawada suggests that another path exists. The questions for the reader are whether or not we find beauty in our present, and what that means.\
