Things Become Other Things (2025)

What Others Are Saying About TBOT “Luminous, poignant, unflinching and kind, THINGS BECOME OTHER THINGS reads like a future classic of its genre.” — David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas “Mod takes the reader along on an epic, exquisitely detailed journey, on foot, through a rural Japan few of us are likely to experience. Uniquely unforgettable.” — William Gibson, author of Neuromancer "Mod delivers a gorgeous account of his 300-mile walk around Japan’s Kii peninsula in 2021 … While passing through Ise Grand Shrine and a series of fishing villages, Mod discusses crumbling economies and extreme weather with locals who’ve lived in the region for decades. Punctuated with stunning black and white photographs of the villages and landscapes Mod encountered, this tender exploration of fragile ecosystems and vanishing ways of life will encourage readers to look more closely at their own surroundings. It’s a nourishing trek." — Publishers Weekly Starred Review “From its first pages,