{"product_id":"in-the-woods-of-memory-9781611720372","title":"In the Woods of Memory","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Generally regarded as Okinawa's most adventurous and promising writer of fiction today.\"--Michael S. Molasky, University of Minnesota\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Woods of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, thought-provoking novel that focuses on two incidents during the Battle of Okinawa, 1945: the sexual assault on Sayoko, 17, by four US soldiers and her friend Seiji's attempt at revenge. Narrations through nine points of view, Japanese and American, from 1945 to the present day reveal the full complexity of events and how war trauma inevitably ripples through the generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAkutagawa Prize-winner and activist \u003cb\u003eShun Medoruma\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Okinawa. This is his first full-length work in English translation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781611720372\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Shun Medoruma","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38471280427189,"sku":"9781611720372","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_de3fc78d-9b3b-453d-9e00-1afe63d91235.jpg?v=1612929109","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-the-woods-of-memory-9781611720372","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}