{"product_id":"song-of-sadness-shzsaku-endzc-9781929280216","title":"Song of Sadness: Volume 47","description":"\u003ci\u003eSong of Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e is a kind of sequel to Endō's acclaimed early work, \u003ci\u003eThe Sea and Poison\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in the 1970s, the novel revisits Dr. Suguro, now in late middle age, running a modest clinic in Tokyo's vibrant, seedy Shinjuku district and trying to put behind him a haunting experience from World War II. Weaving together multiple story lines, Endō lays before the reader a cross-section of Tokyo in the 1970s: a vain university professor who leads a humiliating double life; a crusading young reporter determined to pursue aging war criminals; two feckless college students as empty of ideals as they are of purpose; an old man dying of cancer; a quixotic foreigner named Gaston; and Suguro. With a vision as humane as it is unflinching, Endō examines the often impossible complexities of real forgiveness in a world of inscrutable cruelty and suffering.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shûsaku Endô, Shusaku Endo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1929280211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781929280216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e U of M Center for Japanese Studies\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/03\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.90d","brand":"Shûsaku Endô","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072184303871,"sku":"9781929280216","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a633eee4-5dac-43ba-bedf-be5184f722d8.jpg?v=1753416036","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/song-of-sadness-shzsaku-endzc-9781929280216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}