{"product_id":"beautiful-distance-9781638932680","title":"Beautiful Distance","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully, startingly, explosively expansive . . . In this delicate, near miraculous novel, there is no path away from grief, but there is a kind of company in loss, and a continuation of love.\" --from the foreword by Katie Kitamura, author of \u003ci\u003eAudition\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom one of Japan's most acclaimed writers comes a lyrical and poignant meditation on marriage, and the ways in which the most romantic gestures are often the quietest ones. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore the hospital, we had often raised our hands towards one another as we'd gone through life together.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA man sits in a cafe, sipping a green juice and watching the world go by. A calico cat jumps onto a wall; a white butterfly flutters through the air; cherry blossom petals fall, softly, to the ground. Life, momentarily, stands still, as our unnamed narrator prepares to visit his terminally ill wife in hospital, and reminisces on the life they have shared together. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA prize-winning bestseller in Japan, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Distance\u003c\/i\u003e is a profoundly affecting and intimate story that looks with honesty and tenderness at the journey towards the end of a life. It explores what family means, how we think about death, and the lasting power of small acts of love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sjp Lit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781638932680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2026 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Nao-Cola Yamazaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52933863833781,"sku":"9781638932680","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/beautiful-distance-9781638932680","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}