{"product_id":"bullfight-9781805332022","title":"Bullfight","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe prize-winning debut of one of Japan's greatest authors, this novella follows a journalist's crazy scheme to stage a bullfight in postwar Osaka. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A disarmingly simple tale of ambition and entrepreneurial daring... written in tight, confident prose.\" - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTsugami, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in war-scarred Osaka, agrees to sponsor a bullfight. For months this great gamble consumes him, makes him as wary and combative as if he was in a ring himself. And, as he becomes ever more distant, his lover Sakiko is unsure if she would like to see him succeed or be destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs much a story of post-war Japan as it is about the country's special brand of bullfighting, this novella is a masterly exploration of hope, ambition and despair. Tsugami has built his newspaper into something solid and sustainable in the uncertain aftermath of the war. But the idea of more - more money, more excitement, more life - holds an irresistible appeal. Just as he has been sleeping with Sakiko for years despite having a wife and children elsewhere, his yearning for a bigger life pulls him into the chaotic endeavour of the bullfight, putting everything he's worked for at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYasushi Inoue's novella won him the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and established him as one of Japan's most acclaimed authors. From the planning of a bullfight, through Tsugami's struggle, his focus and his solitude - he crafts something intensely memorable, a profound and compelling existential tale.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781805332022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Yasushi Inoue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52491448877237,"sku":"9781805332022","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ef5f5053-1abd-4ac4-a023-05a914eb2ef6.jpg?v=1777996412","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bullfight-9781805332022","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}