{"product_id":"9781640090163","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo: A Novel","description":"\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"Simply and earnestly told, this is a profound exploration of human connection and the ways love can be found in surprising new places.\" --BuzzFeed\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eTsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, \"Sensei,\" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him \"Sensei\" (\"Teacher\"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eAs Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing is marked by author Hiromi Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons: from warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms. A moving, funny, and immersive tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a masterwork by one of Japan's most beloved writers working today.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Ingram Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52214955114727,"sku":"Fiction: Japan","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0724\/3680\/9959\/files\/810BdgiwmKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1781644148","url":"https:\/\/jfbooks.org\/products\/9781640090163","provider":"JF Books | 季風書園","version":"1.0","type":"link"}