Laura Imai Messina has made her home in Japan for the last 15 years and works between Tokyo and Kamakura, where she lives with her Japanese husband and two children.
She took a Masters in Literature at the International Christian University of Tokyo and a PhD in Comparative Literature at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
Translated from the Italian by Lucy Rand, The Phone Booth at the Edge of the World is Laura Imai Messina's English-language debut.
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