{"product_id":"ten-loves-of-nishino","title":"Ten Loves of Nishino","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTen Loves of Nishino\u003c\/h1\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003eJune 1 2019\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781609455330\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1609455339\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\"A short, subtle, and funny book that quietly upends notions of the demure Japanese woman searching for a salaryman husband.\" \u003cem\u003eQuartzy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Wonderfully entertaining stories with an electricity enlivening the narrative of an astonishingly broad set of male-female encounters.\" Eric Boss, MPIBA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere are ten female voices that together tell the story of an enigmatic man. They tell their stories to fathom the unfathomable. Like a modern Decameron, this humorous, sensual, and touching story by one of Japan's most acclaimed writers is a powerful and embracing portrait of the human comedy in ten voices. Driven by desire and curiosity, the women in this book are at once familiar and mysterious, not unlike that cipher of a man, Mr. Nishino.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"If you like Haruki Murakami and Yōko Ogawa, it's a safe bet that you'll love \u003cem\u003eThe Ten Loves of Nishino\u003c\/em\u003e.\" DozoDomo (France)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The mysterious quality of Kawakami's work lies in its extraordinary allusive power, something that only \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe greatest artists have.\" Robert Saladrigas, \u003cem\u003eLa Vanguardia \u003c\/em\u003e(Spain)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390979506221,"sku":"20015","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_3d010a2b-c743-4a4a-b45d-cd5e90d6aef3.jpg?v=1787350156","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/ten-loves-of-nishino","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}