Tokyo Ueno Station: A Novel

"The latest book by Korean Japanese author Yu Miri to be published in English is a gorgeous but dark read. The novel tells the story of Kazu, a homeless man who comes back as a ghost to the park where he used to live. Yu’s writing is unsparing, never letting the reader forget the enormities of poverty and loss, but it’s also quite beautiful – a stunning novel, as well as a harsh, uncompromising look at the unfairness of poverty and the pain of existential despair."