{"product_id":"the-rainbow-9780241542286","title":"The Rainbow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09 November 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In this masterpiece by Kawabata, his brush dipped in silver, renders all the excruciating anguish and beauty of post-war Japan. Edmund White With the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father's first child - haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together - seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, The Rainbow is a searing, melancholic work from one of Japan's greatest writers. Translated by Haydn Trowell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 244g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 134 x 215 x 21 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780241542286\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yasunari Kawabata","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44761508577530,"sku":"9780241542286","price":9.43,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1699610485173_book.jpg?v=1699779954","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/the-rainbow-9780241542286","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}