{"product_id":"facing-the-bridge-yoko-tawada-9780811216906","title":"Facing the Bridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmo, an African kidnapped to Europe as a boy, and Tamao, a Japanese exchange student in Germany, live in different countries but are being followed by the same shadow...Kazuko, a young professional tourist, is lured to Vietnam by a mysterious postcard...On the Canary Islands, a nameless translator battles a banana grove and a series of Saint Georges...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese three new tales by master storyteller Yoko Tawada cross cultures and histories with a sensuous playfulness as sweet as a box of candied hearts--even Michael Jackson makes an appearance. In Facing the Bridge, Tawada's second collection of stories with New Directions, obsession becomes delight as the reader is whisked into a world where identities flicker and shift in a never-ending balance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yoko Tawada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081121690X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811216906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.94h x 5.06w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 75","brand":"Yoko Tawada","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926341255423,"sku":"9780811216906","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3768a797-f545-4099-90dc-cecfa22aa41f.jpg?v=1681082534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/facing-the-bridge-yoko-tawada-9780811216906","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}