{"product_id":"toddler-hunting-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"Toddler Hunting: And Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTaeko Kono\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLucy North\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eToddler-Hunting and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e introduces a startlingly original voice. Winner of Japan's top literary prizes for fiction (among them the Akutagawa, the Tanizaki, the Noma, and the Yomiuri), Taeko Kono writes with a strange beauty, pinpricked with sadomasochistic and disquieting scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the title story, the protagonist loathes young girls, but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can watch them dress and undress. The impersonal gaze Taeko Kono turns on this behavior transfixes the reader with a fatal question: What are we hunting for? And why?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMultiplying perspectives and refracting light from the strangely facing mirrors of fantasy and reality, pain and pleasure, these ten stories present Kono at her very best.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757737640224,"sku":"9780811228275","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ea3b4733ebf3cac1372ee30115deb1ac.webp?v=1780110547","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/toddler-hunting-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}