{"product_id":"9780241312629-territory-of-light","title":"Territory of Light","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wonderfully poetic . extraordinary freshness . a Virginia Woolf quality' Margaret Drabble\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is Spring. A young woman, left by her husband, starts a new life in a Tokyo apartment. \u003ci\u003eTerritory of Light\u003c\/i\u003e follows her over the course of a year, as she struggles to bring up her two-year-old daughter alone. Her new home is filled with light, streaming through the windows, so bright you have to squint, but she finds herself plummeting deeper into darkness; becoming unstable, untethered. As the months come and go, and the seasons turn, she must confront what she has lost and what she will become.   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once tender and lacerating, luminous and unsettling, \u003ci\u003eTerritory of Light \u003c\/i\u003eis a novel of abandonment, desire and transformation. It was originally published in twelve parts in the Japanese literary monthly \u003ci\u003eGunzo\u003c\/i\u003e, between 1978 and 1979, each chapter marking the months in real time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'There is something deeply seductive about being drawn into the intimate thoughts of a woman who otherwise would tell them to no one. [ . ] This portrait of an imperfect mother who strives to provide a good life for her child feels painfully relevant.' Rowan Hisayo Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40942888190049,"sku":"9780241312629","price":7.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32271090.jpg?v=1737106401","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241312629-territory-of-light","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}