{"product_id":"tokyo-emily-itami-9782919841035","title":"Tokyo: Travel with a Writer","description":"\u003cb\u003eTokyo: quaint and vast, majestic and baffling. Unspoiled parks and roiling tourist traps, artisanal delicacies and millions of vending machines, highly efficient commuter trains packed with snoozing salarymen. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan an outsider--or even a native who left--ever hope to keep up?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Anna reconnects with her childhood friend Tsubasa after years apart, they strike up a wide-ranging correspondence. They have much to tell about their lives and memories and dreams, but also about the city they once shared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs their connection deepens, Tokyo's codes and customs and unspoken rules unfold in revealing lessons: how politeness conceals a world of meaning; how falling asleep during a business meeting can signal exemplary commitment; how alienating vastness can give way, without warning, to intimacy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrought to charismatic life by novelist Emily Itami, Tokyo is funny, tender, and gently disorienting: an epistolary love story and a brisk primer in the complex etiquette of a city that reveals and withholds in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Emily Itami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2919841033\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782919841035\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walking Tree\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Emily Itami","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001935765759,"sku":"9782919841035","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tokyo-emily-itami-9782919841035","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}