{"product_id":"manazuru-paperback","title":"Manazuru - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Emmerich\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStartlingly restless and immaculately compact, \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e paints the portrait of a woman on the brink of her own memories and future. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwelve years have passed since Kei's husband, Rei, disappeared and she was left alone with her three-year-old daughter. Her new relationship with a married man--the antithesis of Rei--has brought her life to a numbing stasis, and her relationships with her mother and daughter have spilled into routine, day after day. Kei begins making repeated trips to the seaside town of Manazuru, a place that jogs her memory to a moment in time she can never quite locate. Her time there by the water encompasses years of unsteady footing and a developing urgency to find \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough a poetic style embracing the surreal and grotesque, a quiet tenderness emerges from these dark moments. \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on memory--a profound, precisely delineated exploration of the relationships between lovers and family members.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tokyo in 1958. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eKamisama\u003c\/i\u003e) was published in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for \u003ci\u003eTread on a Snake\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eHebi o fumu\u003c\/i\u003e), and in 2001 she won the Tanizaki Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eSensei no kaban\u003c\/i\u003e), which was an international bestseller. The book was short-listed for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize and the 2014 International Foreign Fiction Prize. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e is a translator, editor, and publishing consultant. In addition to Hiromi Kawakami's \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Ten Loves of Nishino\u003c\/i\u003e, she has translated books by Osamu Dazai and Fuminori Nakamura, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. She maintains the database japaneseliteratureinenglish.com.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700824313919,"sku":"9781640090187","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/07b6f21391beb6d6e5f0cb13a61fa4be.webp?v=1765018301","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/manazuru-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}