{"product_id":"ms-ice-sandwich-paperback","title":"MS Ice Sandwich - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMieko Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLouise Heal Kawai\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quixotic and funny tale about first love - from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA boy is obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches. He goes to the supermarket almost every day, just so he can look at her face. She is beautiful to him, and he calls her \"Ms Ice Sandwich\", and endlessly draws her portrait. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the boy's friend hears about this hesitant adoration, and suddenly everything changes. His visits to Ms Ice Sandwich stop, and with them the last hopes of his childhood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA moving and surprisingly funny tale of growing up and learning how to lose, \u003ci\u003eMs Ice Sandwich\u003c\/i\u003e is Mieko Kawakami at her very best.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMieko Kawakami was born in Osaka in 1976. Her first break was as a singer, making her major-label debut in 2002 and going on to release three albums. Eventually she branched out into writing, first submitting poems to literary magazines and then winning the Akutagawa Prize in 2008. In 2010 she received the MEXT Award for New Artists and the Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize for her first full-length novel \u003ci\u003eHeaven. \u003c\/i\u003eShe is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally from Manchester, UK, Louise Heal Kawai has lived in Japan for about 25 years and been a translator of Japanese literature for the past 10. Her translations include the bestselling memoir \u003ci\u003eYakuza Moon\u003c\/i\u003e by Shoko Tendo, the ground-breaking feminist Taeko Tomioka novel \u003ci\u003eBuilding Waves\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Quiet Place\u003c\/i\u003e by the mystery writer Seicho Matsumoto. \u003ci\u003eMs Ice Sandwich\u003c\/i\u003e is her second Mieko Kawakami translation.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699746541631,"sku":"9781782276722","price":19.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/91590f0ec312945c16acca9083f3010d.webp?v=1765014380","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/ms-ice-sandwich-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}