In Emi Yagi’s surreal novel, statues can speak, so the story unfolds in a museum on Mondays when a girl is paid to be a conversation partner in Latin for a statue of Venus. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2026/01/26/books/emi-yagi-book-museum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #books #emiyagi #yukitejima #japaneseliterature #translation