{"product_id":"strange-weather-in-tokyo","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo - A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2013 Man Asian Literary Prize, \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of loneliness and love that defies age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTsukiko, thirty–eight, works in an office and lives alone. One night, she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, \"Sensei,\" in a local bar. Tsukiko had only ever called him \"Sensei\" (\"Teacher\"). He is thirty years her senior, retired, and presumably a widower. Their relationship develops from a perfunctory acknowledgment of each other as they eat and drink alone at the bar, to a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Tsukiko and Sensei grow to know and love one another, time's passing is marked by Kawakami's gentle hints at the changing seasons: from warm sake to chilled beer, from the buds on the trees to the blooming of the cherry blossoms. \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving, funny, and immersive tale of modern Japan and old–fashioned romance.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51306273341728,"sku":"9781640090163","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0836\/3661\/7504\/files\/9781640090163.jpg?v=1772775787","url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/products\/strange-weather-in-tokyo","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}