{"product_id":"strange-weather-in-tokyo","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of loneliness and love that defies age\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing is marked by 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. \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, funny, and immersive tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1640090169\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781640090163\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Kawakami, Hiromi, Powell, Allison Markin\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Counterpoint LLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Nov 2017)","offer_id":46081378877637,"sku":"9781640090163","price":16.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781640090163.jpg?v=1776045310","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/strange-weather-in-tokyo","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}