{"product_id":"people-from-my-neighborhood-paperback-by-hiromi-kawakami","title":"People from My Neighborhood Paperback by Hiromi Kawakami","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(2021-11-30)\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\u003e176\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781593767112\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e187.11\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                    \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e8.24 x 5.51 x 0.46\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                                \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                                \u003cbr\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the internationally bestselling \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—\"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical, and frequently veering into the macabre\" (\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bossy child who lives under a white cloth near a tree; a schoolgirl who keeps doll's brains in a desk drawer; an old man with two shadows, one docile and one rebellious; a diplomat no one has ever seen who goes fishing at an artificial lake no one has ever heard of. These are some of the inhabitants of \u003ci\u003ePeople from My Neighborhood\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn their lives, details of the local and everyday—the lunch menu at a tiny drinking place called the Love, the color and shape of the roof of the tax office—slip into accounts of duels, prophetic dreams, revolutions, and visitations from ghosts and gods. In twenty-six \"palm of the hand\" stories—fictions small enough to fit in the palm of one's hand and brief enough to allow for dipping in and out—Hiromi Kawakami creates a universe ruled by mystery and transformation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                                \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                                \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Tokyo in 1958. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eKamisama \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e), was published in 1994. In 1996, she was awarded the Akutagawa Prize for \u003ci\u003eHebi o Fumu\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eTread on a Snake\u003c\/i\u003e) and in 2001 she won the Tanizaki Prize for her novel \u003ci\u003eSensei no Kaban\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e), which became an international bestseller. \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo \u003c\/i\u003ewas shortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize and the 2014 International Foreign Fiction Prize. Kawakami has contributed to editions of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e in both the UK and Japan and is one of Japan's most popular contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n                        \n                        \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":43177510043809,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781593767112","price":21.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/products\/9781593767112.jpg?v=1693311976","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/people-from-my-neighborhood-paperback-by-hiromi-kawakami","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}