{"product_id":"a-quiet-life-paperback-1","title":"A Quiet Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKenzaburo Oe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKunioki Yanagishita\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eWilliam Wetherall\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Quiet Life is an uncanny blend of the real with the imagined, of memoir with fiction. A Quiet Life is narrated by Ma-chan, a twenty-year-old woman. Her father is a famous and fascinating novelist; her older brother, though severely brain damaged, possesses an almost magical gift for musical composition; and her mother's life is devoted to the care of them both. Ma-chan and her younger brother find themselves emotionally on the outside of this oddly constructed nuclear family. But when her father accepts a visiting professorship from an American university, Ma-chan finds herself suddenly the head of the household and at the center of family relationships that she must begin to redefine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.25 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 1997\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761381474592,"sku":"9780802135469","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/a907fa6f525dcdd5acd2692dd115b98d.webp?v=1780206086","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-quiet-life-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}