The Emissary by Yoko Tawada, read by Margaret Mitsutani, 138 pgs.
Following an environmental disaster, Japan seals itself off from the world. Kids are so fragile and weak after being poisoned by the environment but the generation (or two) older than them seem oddly immortal. These great grand parents are easily in their hundreds and going strong. This sounds like a total bummer but it is oddly optimistic as the kids deal with their situation and figure out how to make it work. Perhaps this is foreshadowing the future after the environment becomes a total mess.
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