{"product_id":"solo-dance-9781642861143","title":"Solo Dance","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful novel about the LGBTQ rights movement and gay love in Japan and Taiwan, from the most important queer voice of East Asia's millennial generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCho Norie, twenty-seven and originally from Taiwan, is working an office job in Tokyo. While her colleagues worry about the economy, life-insurance policies, marriage, and children, she is forced to keep her unconventional life hidden--including her sexuality and the violent attack that prompted her move to Japan. There is also her unusual fascination with death: she knows from personal experience how devastating death can be, but for her it is also creative fuel. \u003ci\u003eSolo Dance\u003c\/i\u003e depicts the painful coming of age of a gay person in Taiwan and corporate Japan. This striking debut is an intimate and powerful account of a search for hope after trauma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e World Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642861143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192","brand":"Li Kotomi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41993209512117,"sku":"9781642861143","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_af9a892f-16ec-494b-9f9e-389c93c5a413.jpg?v=1648524575","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/solo-dance-9781642861143","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}