{"product_id":"the-paradise-bird-tattoo-or-attempted-double-suicide-paperback","title":"The Paradise Bird Tattoo (or, Attempted Double-Suicide) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChoukitsu Kurumatani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKenneth J. Bryson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIkushima lives as a drone, slaving away for an advertising company that neither values him nor cares about his existence. He flees the city to become a vagabond, catching local trains to anywhere, eventually finding a miserable job skewering refuse animal organs for a local restaurant in Amagasaki, a town riddled with gangs and miscreants. He settles into a routine in the city, and through his brief and accidental encounters with his deeply troubled neighbors--the evil-worshipping tattoo artist, his former-prostitute-cum-Madame employer, an unclaimed child, and the fleetingly striking Ayako--he bridges the gaps in his social world and inadvertently begins to live. With this newfound, yet unacknowledged, passion for life, Ikushima embarks on a love affair with Ayako, which leads to dangerous consequences and threatens to tear through the barriers he has partitioned around his existence for so long. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once quietly reflective and bitterly gritty, \u003ci\u003eThe Paradise Bird Tattoo (or, Attempted Double-Suicide)\u003c\/i\u003e explores a new generation of worker bees who possess a candid fear of living with an inexplicable sense that they must go on for the sake of going on. Choukitsu Kurumatani artfully illustrates a world where not even love can provide salvation for those who are weary of life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChoukitsu Kurumatani\u003c\/b\u003e graduated from the German Literature Department of Keio University. He began writing fiction on the side while working at an advertising agency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773078372640,"sku":"9781582437040","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f4e5f19932c6ee205c74217f3391ccb5.webp?v=1780419091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-paradise-bird-tattoo-or-attempted-double-suicide-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}