{"product_id":"love-at-least-paperback-by-yukiko-motoya","title":"Love at Least Paperback by Yukiko Motoya","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eSoft Skull\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2026-09-08)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e112\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781593768317\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e147.42\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.88 x 14.02 x 0.74\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Plath’s \u003ci\u003eThe Bell Jar\u003c\/i\u003e for twenty-first-century Japan, a young woman suffering from depression embarks on a series of darkly comic domestic disasters that lead her to question whether she is worthy of love\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTwenty-five-year-old Yasuko has been living with her kind but apathetic boyfriend Tsunaki for three years. During this time, she has battled waves of depression and hypersomnia, staying in bed for days on end, mired in ennui.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Tsunaki begins working longer hours, Yasuko tries to take over some of the house chores in the hope of breaking out of her rut, but cannot even manage to cook dinner without ending up sobbing in a pitch-black hallway. Any attempt to get her life together seems only to highlight Yasuko’s brokenness. As everything threatens to fall apart, she makes a spectacular last-ditch effort to wrench Tsunaki out of his indifference and find something to ground her in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRadical, comical, and energetic, \u003ci\u003eLove at Least \u003c\/i\u003eis a sincere and compelling story of a young woman searching for connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYUKIKO MOTOYA \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lonesome Bodybuilder. \u003c\/i\u003eShe won the Japan’s most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize, for \u003ci\u003eAn Exotic Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e in 2016, the Noma Prize for New Writers for \u003ci\u003eWarm Poison\u003c\/i\u003e in 2011; the Kenzaburo Oe Prize for Picnic in the Storm in 2013; and the Mishima Yukio Prize for \u003ci\u003eHow She Learned to Love Herself\u003c\/i\u003e in 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKAMIL SPYCHALSKI\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese-English translator and the winner of the 7th JLPP International Translation Competition. His translations include Taiyo Fujii’s “Prayer,” which appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Best of World SF Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e (Head of Zeus), and \u003ci\u003eSummer’s Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, a prize-winning novella by Kenji Maruyama. He lives in Fukuoka.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46986219815073,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781593768317","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781593768317.jpg?v=1788854791","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/love-at-least-paperback-by-yukiko-motoya","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}