{"product_id":"the-ten-loves-of-nishino-paperback","title":"The Ten Loves of Nishino - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER 2020 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBest-selling and beloved Japanese author Hiromi Kawakami (\u003cem\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/em\u003e) tells the story of an enigmatic man through the voices of ten remarkable women who have loved him. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"If you like Haruki Murakami and Yoko Ogawa, it's a safe bet that you'll love \u003cem\u003eThe Ten Loves of Nishino\u003c\/em\u003e.\"--\u003cem\u003eDozoDomo\u003c\/em\u003e (France)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach woman has succumbed, even if only for an hour, to that seductive, imprudent, and furtively feline man who drifted so naturally into their lives. Still clinging to the vivid memory of his warm breath and his indecipherable sentences, ten women tell their stories as they attempt to recreate the image of the unfathomable Nishino.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eLike a modern \u003cem\u003eDecameron\u003c\/em\u003e, this humorous, sensual, and touching novel by one of Japan's best-selling and most beloved writers is a powerful and embracing portrait of the human comedy in ten voices. Driven by desires that are at once unique and common, the women in this book are modern, familiar to us, and still mysterious. A little like Nishino himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHiromi Kawakami\u003c\/b\u003e is one of Japan's most acclaimed and successful authors. Winner of numerous prizes for her fiction, including the Akutagawa, Ito Sei, Women Writers (Joryu Bungako Sho), and Izumi Kyoka prizes, she is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/i\u003eBest New Fiction pick, \u003cem\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e, and many many others. Her fiction has appeared in English in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator and editor based in New York City. Her translations include works by Osamu Dazai, Fuminori Nakamura, and Kanako Nishi, and she was the guest editor for the first Japan issue of Words Without Borders. She maintains the database Japanese Literature in English at www.japaneseliteratureinenglish.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770783236384,"sku":"9781609455330","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a5d14f71386f2146067b51986b4ecbd.webp?v=1780378149","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-ten-loves-of-nishino-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}