{"product_id":"9781805331407-record-of-a-night-too-brief","title":"Record of a Night Too Brief","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from one of the most highly regarded and provocative contemporary Japanese writers: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe   Akutagawa Prize-winning stories from one of the most highly regarded and   provocative contemporary Japanese   writers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'The nightingale sang   again. The plates on the table gleamed, and the food, in all its ceaseless   variety, breathed, glossy and bright. The night had only just   begun.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn these three haunting and lyrical   stories, three young women experience unsettling loss and   romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels   through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend,   mist-monsters and villainous monkeys; a sister mourns her invisible brother   whom only she can still see, while the rest of her family welcome his would-be   wife into their home; and an accident with a snake leads a shop girl to   discover the snake-families everyone else seems to be   concealing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks   of memory and grief, \u003cem\u003eRecord of a Night Too Brief\u003c\/em\u003e is an   atmospheric trio of unforgettable   tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/strong\u003e was   born in Tokyo in 1958. Since the publication of God in 1994, she has written   numerous novels and collections of short stories, including \u003cem\u003eStrange   Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/em\u003e.   Her most recent novel, \u003cem\u003eRunning Water\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in   Japan in 2014 and won the Yomiuri Prize for Literature. Hiromi Kawakami has   previously been awarded the Akutagawa Prize and the Tanizaki Prize, and was   shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize and the 2014   \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e Foreign Fiction Prize. Her work has been   published in more than twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41770907304033,"sku":"9781805331407","price":7.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41142899_1e3e058d-d1b7-46c3-acad-6eaf79e22a00.jpg?v=1778120340","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805331407-record-of-a-night-too-brief","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}