{"product_id":"set-my-heart-on-fire-izumi-suzuki-9781804293300","title":"Set My Heart on Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe long-awaited publication of Izumi Suzuki's debut novel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA young woman named Izumi, details her turbulent twenties in thirteen disarmingly candid vignettes, set in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamlessly delivering ennui alongside snark, and tragedy nose-to-nose with apathy, \u003ci\u003eSet My Heart on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is singular representation of young womanhood, missteps and miscommunication, and music, men and meds. With chapters titled for tracks by The Zombie, The Supremes and the Rolling Stones, as well as songs by underground Japanese bands of the time, the music of the 1960s and 1970s permeates the story. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are distinct traces of the fraught tenderness in Marguerite Dura's \u003ci\u003eThe Lover\u003c\/i\u003e, and the raw, decadent post-war generational dissolution of Ryu Murakami's \u003ci\u003eA\u003c\/i\u003el\u003ci\u003emost Transparent Blue. \u003c\/i\u003eBut Suzuki's novel is carried by her own singular charm and wit, which will be readily recognised and adored by readers of her short stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Izumi Suzuki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180429330X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804293300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs","brand":"Izumi Suzuki","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45064928067839,"sku":"9781804293300","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_902a1317-ac67-4466-864d-292f48f3a4b1.jpg?v=1712125246","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/set-my-heart-on-fire-izumi-suzuki-9781804293300","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}