{"product_id":"the-summer-house-paperback","title":"The Summer House - 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\u003eMasashi Matsuie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMargaret Mitsutani\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis prize-winning debut novel offers a compelling, insightful portrait of modern Japan through a group of architects competing to design a major new building in Tokyo.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTōru Sakanishi is a recent university graduate who joins the prestigious Murai Office, a small architecture firm founded by Shunsuke Murai, former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. A sensitive and observant narrator, Sakanishi is captivated by the artistic quality and careful consideration the Murai Office shows to each of its designs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the sweltering summer months approach, the Murai Office migrates from Tokyo to Kita-Asama, a mountain village and artists' colony whose heyday has passed. There, this small team of architects, including two women who Sakanishi is clumsily attracted to, set out to design the National Library of Modern Literature, competing against a rival firm that snaps up one government project after the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully translated by National Book Award-winner Margaret Mitsutani, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer House\u003c\/i\u003e is a character-driven story with prose that highlights the natural beauty of Japan, the ingenuity of architecture, and the clashing of modernity and tradition.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMasashi Matsuie\u003c\/b\u003e began his literary career as a fiction editor for the Shinchosha Publishing Company, where he worked with writers such as Yoko Ogawa, Banana Yoshimoto, and Haruki Murakami and launched Shincho Crest Books, an imprint specializing in translations of foreign works. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer House\u003c\/i\u003e, received the Yomiuri Prize for Literature, an award that normally goes to seasoned authors who are well along in their careers. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Mitsutani \u003c\/b\u003eis a translator of Yoko Tawada and Japan's 1994 Nobel Prize laureate Kenzaburō Ōe. She was a finalist for the National Book Award for her translation of Yoko Tawada's \u003ci\u003eScattered All Over the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e and winner of the National Book Award for her translation of Yoko Tawada's \u003ci\u003eThe Emissary\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52004070031661,"sku":"9781635425178","price":20.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/7EOjEnEAHB9781635425178.webp?v=1776704427","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-summer-house-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}