{"product_id":"strange-weather-in-tokyo","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eShortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a story of loneliness and love that defies age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTsukiko, thirty-eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, \"Sensei,\" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him \"Sensei\" (\"Teacher\"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing is marked by Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons: from warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a moving, funny, and immersive tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hiromi Kawakami","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45066955686057,"sku":"9781783785797","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/9781783785797.jpg?v=1736036228","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/strange-weather-in-tokyo","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}