{"product_id":"manazuru-9781640090187","title":"Manazuru","description":"\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\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10798450\"\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640090187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1640090185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC066000\"\u003eSmall Town \u0026amp; Rural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC044000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693033918701,"sku":"9781640090187","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_bb501899-1ba0-43d7-81af-6dab26b6b555.jpg?v=1649856890","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/manazuru-9781640090187","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}