{"product_id":"miracles-sono-ayako-9781951319816","title":"Miracles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMiracles\u003c\/em\u003e, a minor classic of Japanese literature, is a major contribution to fiction in pursuit of the supernatural. Sono Ayako's searching novel centers on Polish martyr Maximilian Kolbe, the \"saint of Auschwitz.\" She retraces the extraordinary feats of this Conventual Franciscan-from his mission to Japan to the concentration camp where Kolbe offered up his life to save a man condemned to death. Through the veil of fiction Ayako meditates on the nature of self-sacrifice and the possibility of believable miracles in a disenchanted world. In her preface to \u003cem\u003eMiracles\u003c\/em\u003e she writes: \"Before he died, this priest flung a tough question like a red-hot iron rod at the dried-up soul of modern Man. The question was, 'what does it mean for us to love one another?'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSono Ayako (b. 1931) is one of postwar Japan's most prolific writers. Her fiction was shortlisted for the prestigious Akutagawa Prize. Besides \u003cem\u003eMiracles\u003c\/em\u003e, only \u003cem\u003eWatcher from the Shore\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNo Reason for Murder\u003c\/em\u003e have been translated into English. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sono Ayako\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1951319818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781951319816\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiseblood Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.56d","brand":"Sono Ayako","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44048596959487,"sku":"9781951319816","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d16dc771-1751-42a6-be4b-b2d924b4dc08.jpg?v=1684996693","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/miracles-sono-ayako-9781951319816","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}