{"product_id":"still-life-and-other-stories-junzo-shono-9781880656020","title":"Still Life and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the PEN Center USA Award for translation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author Junzo Shono weaves a stunning tapestry of everyday life in this collection of short stories.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young man, having failed his college entrance exams, becomes obsessed with a family card game. A businessman stays overnight at an inn and drinks with the innkeeper. A family parakeet seems to be dead but then climbs back on its perch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis delicate collection of thirteen linked tales reveals the flow of daily life in the modern Japanese family. Junzo Shono's artful layering of commonplace events, images, and conversations has been compared to haiku poetry crossed with an Ozu film.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Junzo Shono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1880656027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781880656020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.47h x 5.53w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/05\/1992","brand":"Junzo Shono","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46795401887999,"sku":"9781880656020","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_436e7494-6fe2-47ab-a083-5134aed3b1b8.jpg?v=1744947489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/still-life-and-other-stories-junzo-shono-9781880656020","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}