Territory of Light is the radiant story of a young woman, living alone in Tokyo with her two-year-old daughter. Its twelve chapters follow the first year of the narrator's separation from her husband. The novel is full of light, sometimes comforting and sometimes dangerous: sunlight streaming through windows, dappled light in the park, distant fireworks, dazzling floodwater, de-saturated streetlamps and mysterious explosions. The delicate prose is beautifully patterned: the cumulative effect is disarmingly powerful and bright after-images remain in your mind for a long time afterwards.
- ISBN10 1250251052
- ISBN13 9781250251053
- Publish Date 31 March 2020 (first published 5 April 2018)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Picador USA
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 192
- Language English