![]() ![]() I have very fond memories of going to school, especially the hot school lunches which were cooked by a group of cafeteria aunties. The years that we lived in Tokyo saw heavy snowfall in the winters, and it was indeed magical. Previously, we’d lived in Germany when I was younger and the first thing I wondered about was if it would snow in Japan as well. ![]() I remember writing in my diary something like “I’m eleven years old, we are going to Tokyo!” in great excitement. My father’s job posted him to Tokyo for a few years during my childhood. How old were you when you were living in Japan and do you have any memories from that time? We talk about food as a consistent motif, her favorite Japanese authors and how the journeys her characters go on in her stories are reminiscent of train travel in Japan. As the Japanese edition of The Night Tiger hits the shelves this month, we engage in a virtual sit-down to discuss her life and the influences that have shaped her writing. One of them was Yangsze Choo’s The Night Tiger, a book that was also coincidentally set in my mother’s hometown of Ipoh.Ĭhoo was born in Malaysia but has lived around the globe, including Germany, Singapore and Japan. After the souvenirs had been given, the holiday photos uploaded to Facebook and the snacks eaten, these books still sitting in a pile on the floor of my shoebox-sized Tokyo apartment were all I had left of the last time I saw my family. ![]() I filled my suitcase with books on my trip home to Malaysia in January 2020, not realizing I wouldn’t be able to return for the foreseeable future. ![]()
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