PositiveWorld Literature Today... testifies to the breadth and depth of [Miri\'s] research and commitment to telling the stories of both the homeless community in Ueno Park and from Tōhoku ... The book is full of sounds of other people’s voices, which translator Morgan Giles renders sensitively and inventively in English ... the novel unravels the myth of Japan’s homogeneity and encourages readers to see how Japanese society deals with differences, including those habitually concealed.
