{"product_id":"manazuru-9781640090187","title":"Manazuru","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoth startlingly restless and immaculately compact, \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e paints the portrait of a woman on the brink of her own memories and future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelve years have passed since Kei's husband, Rei, disappeared and she was left alone with her three-year-old daughter. Her new relationship with a married man--the antithesis of Rei--has brought her life to a numbing stasis, and her relationships with her mother and daughter have spilled into routine, day after day. Kei begins making repeated trips to the seaside town of Manazuru, a place that jogs her memory to a moment in time she can never quite locate. Her time there by the water encompasses years of unsteady footing and a developing urgency to find \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a poetic style embracing the surreal and grotesque, a quiet tenderness emerges from these dark moments. \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on memory--a profound, precisely delineated exploration of the relationships between lovers and family members.\u003c\/p\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 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640090187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Hiromi Kawakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36663886512284,"sku":"9781640090187","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1c653b27-c799-4bda-a0d7-8bb4af86925e.jpg?v=1603905295","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/manazuru-9781640090187","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}