{"product_id":"peaceful-circumstances-roger-pulvers-9781911221463","title":"Peaceful Circumstances","description":"\u003cp\u003eEric is a black American soldier stationed in Japan at the height of the Vietnam War. Karen is a white American student who falls in love with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric is about to be sent to the front line in Vietnam. But he refuses to kill ... and the two go into hiding in Tokyo, pursued by both the Japanese police and the American military police.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, tens of thousands of Japanese students are demonstrating on the streets in protest. The Japanese Riot Police are poised to attack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeaceful Circumstances\u003c\/em\u003e is the story told over a single night by Karen to her father on his deathbed. It raises themes of violence against women and men when war is affecting millions of people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePeaceful Circumstances\u003c\/em\u003e is both an exciting thriller and a deeply moving love story between two Americans who are about to come of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Unmaking of an American\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Roger has fearlessly thrown himself into the whirlpool of cross-culturalism. His life reads like an adventure story.\"--Ryuichi Sakamoto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eThe Dream of Lafcadio Hearn\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\"Roger Pulvers has spun a highly readable and enjoyable portrayal of an unconventional man who embraced Japan in a time of transition, and who struggled intellectually and emotionally to come to grips with sweeping change.\"--\u003cem\u003eThe Japan Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eLiv\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003c\/strong\u003e\"A gripping mystery, of a present haunted by the past, but also a profoundly moral book, asking of the reader: what would you do? In this, \u003cem\u003eLiv\u003c\/em\u003e deserves comparison with novels as great as \u003cem\u003eAn Artist of the Floating World\u003c\/em\u003e by Kazuo Ishiguro and \u003cem\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/em\u003e by Bernhard Schlink.\" --David Peace, author of \u003cem\u003eTokyo Year Zero\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Roger Pulvers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1911221469\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911221463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Balestier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 202\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d","brand":"Roger Pulvers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48486279545087,"sku":"9781911221463","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_806e8896-54eb-45bd-a869-a413a2a1caa5.jpg?v=1778054702","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/peaceful-circumstances-roger-pulvers-9781911221463","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}