Suggested in the Stars

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The band of multilingual wanderers from Scattered All Over the Earth continues its improbable journey, searching for a disappeared country while navigating a near-future world where borders, languages, and climates have all shifted in unsettling ways. Tawada's travelers communicate in a patchwork of tongues, misunderstanding each other productively and stumbling into philosophical territory that more serious novels approach with far less grace. This sequel deepens the first book's playful investigation of what holds people together when shared language and shared geography both fail. Tawada writes displacement as adventure rather than tragedy, without ever minimizing what's been lost. A novel that makes you laugh at the absurdity of human connection — and then quietly convinces you it's the only thing that matters.