{"product_id":"inhabitation-9781640092174","title":"Inhabitation","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A lizard who stays alive even as its body is pierced through. A young man who tries desperately to love. \u003ci\u003eInhabitation\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel in which two lives resonate with each other and light up the root of life and death.\" --Yoko Ogawa, author of \u003ci\u003eRevenge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1970s Osaka, college student Tetsuyuki moves into a shabby apartment to evade his late father's creditors. But the apartment's electricity hasn't been reconnected yet, and Tetsuyuki spends his first night in darkness. Wanting to hang up a tennis cap from his girlfriend, Yōko, he fumbles about in the dark and drives a nail into a pillar. The next day he discovers that he has pierced the body of a lizard, which is still alive. He decides to keep it alive, giving it food and water and naming it Kin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eInhabitation\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds from there, following the complications in Tetsuyuki's relationship with Yōko, a friendship with his supervisor who hides his heart disease at work, and his father's creditors, always close on his heels. Daunted, Tetsuyuki speaks to Kin night after night, and Kin's peculiarly tortured situation reflects the mingled pain, love, and guilt that infuses Tetsuyuki's human relationships. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Those who read this novel even once will never forget Tetsuyuki's intensity. I am one of them. Vulnerable, vigorous, the raw sparkle of youth burning with agony. The entire story is crystallized in the image of Kin-chan, who wants to move but can't. Brilliant is the only word to describe \u003ci\u003eInhabitation\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --Banana Yoshimoto, author of \u003ci\u003eMoshi Moshi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640092174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Teru Miyamoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663890149532,"sku":"9781640092174","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b6392460-dbe0-4cd2-81e4-dd04a24f0594.jpg?v=1603905307","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/inhabitation-9781640092174","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}