{"product_id":"the-bear-and-the-paving-stone-9781782274377","title":"The Bear and the Paving Stone","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, three dream-like tales of memory and war: part of our Japanese novella series, showcasing the best contemporary Japanese writing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Japanese man, far from home, travels the countryside of Normandy with a friend - talking about war, literature, and everything in between. As his ideas of his life become more entangled with his personal writing, the pangs of his past and his half-forgotten memories overlap and threaten his peace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOwing a debt to French writers from La Fontaine to Proust, the three fable-like tales in \u003ci\u003eThe Bear and the Paving Stone\u003c\/i\u003e are stories of loss, memory and a longing to belong.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782274377\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Toshiyuki Horie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43067738456245,"sku":"9781782274377","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_ec242215-d1c8-42d9-8538-ad7d189bd722.jpg?v=1690864389","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-bear-and-the-paving-stone-9781782274377","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}