{"product_id":"record-of-a-night-too-brief-paperback","title":"Record of a Night Too Brief - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy North\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Evocative... Astonishing, strange, and wonderful\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA trio of surreal, dazzlingly imaginative short stories set in contemporary Japan that explore desire and loss, talking animals, and odd disappearances \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSensual, yearning, and filled with the tricks of memory and grief, from the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn these 3 haunting and lyrical stories, young women experience loss, loneliness, and extraordinary romance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 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\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA woman travels through an unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, monsters of the mist and a monkey who shows no mercy. A sister mourns her brother, who is visible only to her, while her family welcome his would-be wife into their home. One morning, a woman treads on a snake in the park. She comes home that evening and realises the snake has moved into her house and is saying she is her mother... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the Akutagawa Prize, Japan's most prestigious literary award, the 3 stories in this collection: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Record of a Night Too Brief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Missing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Snake Stepped On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003ereveal a highly surreal, meticulously crafted exploration of the many facets of desire, loss and fantasy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart of Pushkin's Japanese Novella series: stylishly designed editions of the best of contemporary Japanese fiction, featuring celebrated, prize-winning authors including Mieko Kawakami, Hideo Furukawa, Kaori Fujino and Natsuko Imamura.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Tokyo in 1958. Since the publication of \u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e in 1994, she has written numerous novels and collections of short stories, including \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent novel, \u003ci\u003eRunning Water\u003c\/i\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 \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e Foreign Fiction Prize. Her work has been published in more than twenty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy North\u003c\/b\u003e is a British translator of Japanese fiction and non-fiction. She has translated Taeko Kono, Hiromi Kawakami, Fumiko Enchi, and Hiroko Oyamada, among others.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52023712121133,"sku":"9781805331407","price":17.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/record-of-a-night-too-brief-paperback-6579541.webp?v=1777431126","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/record-of-a-night-too-brief-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}