Hiruko from the now vanished archipelago 'somewhere between China and Polynesia' and her band
of friends have searched in vain for someone who speaks her native language. They finally track
down Susanoo a sushi chef from the same nation but there's a problem - he has lost the power
of speech. As the companions set out to help Susanoo regain his voice encountering magic
radios personality swaps and climate change fears their friendship empowers them against
despair and sets them to dreaming of a better word. But if Hiruko is ever to hear her mother
tongue again a sceptical aphasia specialist in Copenhagen is her last hope. Suggested in the
Stars carries on the astonishing intrepid adventures of the band of friends in Scattered All
Over the Earth Yoko Tawada's rollicking touching cheerfully dystopian novel and delivers
exploits that are even more chaotic and poignant.
