{"product_id":"9781399750424","title":"The Place of Shells","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA hypnotic dissection of memory, trauma and belonging'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This attempt to imprint upon humanity the experiences of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in a way that only a novel can achieve deserves to be highly esteemed'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoko Ogawa, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Here we find a form of language that attempts to venture, dancing, into a past enveloped in silence'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoko Tawada, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Last Children of Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'An eerie, shimmering fever dream . . . strange and beautiful'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny Mustard, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkay Days\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt a train station in Germany, a Japanese student meets an old friend. Nomiya died a decade earlier in the Tōhoku tsunami, but he has suddenly returned.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reunited friends share a past that's a world away from the tranquility of Göttingen. Yet Nomiya's arrival destabilises something in the city: mysterious guests appear, eerie discoveries are made in the forest and, as the past becomes increasingly vivid, the threads of time threaten to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Polly Barton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51266748776694,"sku":"9781399750424","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0767\/8050\/3286\/files\/81Ry6AZ6CzL._SL1500.jpg?v=1784104820","url":"https:\/\/shop.litbooks.com.my\/products\/9781399750424","provider":"Lit Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}