{"product_id":"naomi-9780375724749","title":"Naomi","description":"Junichiro Tanizaki's \u003ci\u003eNaomi \u003c\/i\u003eis both a hilarious story of one man's obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation's cultural confusion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance. Determined to transform her into the perfect wife and to whisk her away from the seamy underbelly of post-World War I Tokyo, Joji adopts and ultimately marries Naomi, paying for English and music lessons that promise to mold her into his ideal companion. But as she grows older, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from the na ve girl of his fantasies. And, in Tanizaki's masterpiece of lurid obsession, passion quickly descends into comically helpless masochism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/10\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375724749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.43lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.22w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/20\/2001 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Junichiro Tanizaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36636698017948,"sku":"9780375724749","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8f395eb5-8e34-4c82-9bc1-ca6c3b61f626.jpg?v=1603842682","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/naomi-9780375724749","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}