{"product_id":"fire-flowers-9781609452483","title":"Fire Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"promising literary debut,\" three Japanese citizens and one American reporter rebuild their lives in the aftermath of Japan's WWII surrender (\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJapan, 1945. The country has just surrendered to the Allied forces after suffering the devastation of nuclear warfare. Satsuko Takara and her teenage brother, Hiroshi, have lost both their parents, and each other, during the firestorm that devastated Tokyo five months before. Documenting the destruction of the war is Hal Lynch, a haunted US photojournalist, who stumbles upon a shocking story and is determined to bring it to light. And Osamu Maruki, a dissolute writer and once Satsuko's lover, has returned from the South Pacific a broken and changed man.\u003cbr\u003eThe war-torn streets of Tokyo come alive in this dazzlingly observed debut novel as the lives of these former enemies come together. \u003cem\u003eFire Flowers\u003c\/em\u003e powerfully portrays the shock, the struggles, and the difficult choices that arise from the destruction of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An impressive and nuanced account of a dark moment in history.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609452483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2015 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ben Byrne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39397418041525,"sku":"9781609452483","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a9c5407f-39dd-44c0-abc0-a0863845d939.jpg?v=1615296590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/fire-flowers-9781609452483","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}