{"product_id":"the-cake-tree-in-the-ruins-9781782274186","title":"The Cake Tree in the Ruins","description":"\u003cb\u003eIntensely moving stories that tell of the absurd violence of war, and tenderly depict the animals and children caught in its vortex.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1945, Akiyuki Nosaka watched the Allied firebombing of Kobe kill his adoptive parents, and then witnessed his sister starving to death. The shocking and blisteringly memorable stories of \u003ci\u003eThe Cake Tree in the Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e are based on his own experiences as a child in Japan during the Second World War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey are stories of a lonely whale searching the oceans for a mate, who sacrifices himself for love; of a mother desperately trying to save her son with her tears; of a huge, magnificent tree which grows amid the ruins of a burnt-out town, its branches made from the sweetest cake imaginable. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eProfound, heartbreaking and aglow with a piercing beauty, they express the chaos and terror of conflict, yet also how love can illuminate even the darkest moment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushkin Collection\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781782274186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.40h x 4.80w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/21\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/14\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Akiyuki Nosaka","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43799778590901,"sku":"9781782274186","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_893d9a66-6950-455c-82eb-32fd86e3e07c.jpg?v=1711478301","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cake-tree-in-the-ruins-9781782274186","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}