{"product_id":"the-place-of-shells-9781399750387","title":"The Place of Shells","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hypnotic dissection of memory, trauma and belonging''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This attempt to imprint upon humanity the experiences of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in a way that only a novel can achieve deserves to be highly esteemed''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoko Ogawa, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Here we find a form of language that attempts to venture, dancing, into a past enveloped in silence''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYoko Tawada, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Children of Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An eerie, shimmering fever dream . . .  strange and beautiful''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJenny Mustard, author of \u003ci\u003eOkay Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the summer of 2020, as Germany slowly emerges from lockdown, a young Japanese woman studying in Göttingen waits at the train station to meet an old friend. Nomiya died a decade earlier in the Tohoku tsunami, but he has suddenly returned without any explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reunited friends share a past that''s a world away from the tranquillity of Göttingen. Yet Nomiya''s spectral presence destabilises something in the city: mysterious guests appear, eerie discoveries are made in the forest and, as the past becomes increasingly vivid, the threads of time threaten to unravel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a literary style reminiscent of W. G. Sebald, Yoko Tawada, and Yu Miri, \u003ci\u003eThe Place of Shells \u003c\/i\u003eis an astounding exploration of the strange orbits of memory and the haunting presence of the past.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51359382012247,"sku":"9781399750387","price":14.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399750387.jpg?v=1754124488","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-place-of-shells-9781399750387","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}