{"product_id":"child-of-darkness-9780939512799","title":"Child of Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eYoko\u003c\/em\u003e (winner of the Akutagawa Prize in 1971) is the story of a sensitive young man's relationship with the title character, a beautiful young woman who is suffering from an apparently hereditary mental illness. Through \u003cem\u003eYoko\u003c\/em\u003e's vivid but distorted perceptions of the world, Furui highlights the process by which reality and identity are created.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important author's work has been hard to find in the West, and one is grateful for the translations and accompanying commentaries by Donna George Storey.\"\"--William Ferguson, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYaoko -- Aihara (Plain of sorrows) -- Ningyao (Doll).","brand":"LUP - University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039124619607,"sku":"9780939512799","price":20.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780939512799.jpg?v=1750942650","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/child-of-darkness-9780939512799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}