{"product_id":"9781805332428-sea-poison","title":"The Sea and Poison","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBased on real events, this spare, harrowing novel is a profound exploration of the pressures of conflict, the moral numbness of conformity, and the painful legacy of violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An important book' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Akutagawa Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1950s Japan, Doctor Suguro practises medicine in a backwater still recovering from the war. Quiet and withdrawn, he lives tortured by his conscience and a horrific wartime memory: participating in the vivisection of an American airman, an experiment which led to his agonising death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis spare, harrowing novel, based on real events, is a profound exploration of the pressures of conflict, the moral numbness of conformity, and the painful legacy of violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Michael Gallagher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHUSAKU ENDO (1923-1996) was one of the greatest novelists of postwar Japan. Baptised as a Roman Catholic as a child, his work explores the relationship between East and West from his unique perspective as a Japanese Christian. Endo won the Akutagawa Prize and the Yomiuri Literary Prize, was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times, and received an Order of Culture from the Japanese government. Among his other novels are \u003ci\u003eDeep River, The Samurai,\u003c\/i\u003e and his masterpiece \u003ci\u003eSilence,\u003c\/i\u003e all published by or forthcoming from Pushkin Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMICHAEL GALLAGHER (b. 1930) is a former Jesuit brother and teacher, who has translated several novels from Japanese, including work by Yukio Mishima, Sakyo Komatsu and Akiyuki Nosaka. His translation of Yukio Mishima's \u003ci\u003eSpring Snow\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56473442287990,"sku":"9781805332428","price":8.41,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41144650_a230ae57-ce41-4408-956b-b63ef3e910e0.jpg?v=1778120137","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805332428-sea-poison","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}