{"product_id":"the-premonition-9781640093713","title":"The Premonition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe internationally beloved author of \u003ci\u003eKitchen\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDead-End Memories\u003c\/i\u003e returns with a beautiful and heartfelt story of a young woman haunted by her childhood and the inescapable bitterness that inevitably comes from knowing the truth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYayoi, a 19-year-old woman from a seemingly loving middle-class family, has lately been haunted by the feeling that she has forgotten something important from her childhood. Her premonition grows stronger day by day and, as if led by it, she decides to move in with her mysterious aunt, Yukino. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo one understands her aunt's unusual lifestyle. For as long as Yayoi can remember, Yukino has lived alone in an old gloomy single-family home, quietly, almost as though asleep. When she is not working, Yukino spends all day in her pajamas, clipping her nails and trimming her split ends. She eats only when she feels like it, and she often falls asleep lying on her side in the hallway. She sometimes wakes Yayoi at 2:00 a.m to be her drinking companion, sometimes serves flan in a huge mixing bowl for dinner, and watches Friday the 13th over and over to comfort herself. A child study desk, old stuffed animals--things Yukino wants to forget--are piled up in her backyard like a graveyard of her memories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn instant bestseller in Japan when first published in 1988, \u003ci\u003eThe Premonition\u003c\/i\u003e is finally available in English, translated by the celebrated Asa Yoneda.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640093713\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Banana Yoshimoto","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084189204661,"sku":"9781640093713","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f8ea2e28-d5e1-445f-9568-578f66ad3de0.jpg?v=1692112396","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-premonition-9781640093713","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}