{"product_id":"beauty-and-sadness","title":"Beauty and Sadness","description":"\u003cb\u003eNOBEL PRIZE WINNER - The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Endlessly provocative and original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtoko is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41875120816203,"sku":"9780679761051","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/5645\/2427\/files\/imageloader_28d0face-26f0-4a12-9dfb-b440bbda799c.jpg?v=1762333509","url":"https:\/\/xiabooks.org\/products\/beauty-and-sadness","provider":"XIA Books \u0026 Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}