{"product_id":"books-autumn-light-by-pico-iyer","title":"Autumn Light","description":"We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it's their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.   Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited games of ping-pong in the evenings. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honouring the dead, he soon finds himself grappling with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love even though we know that they – and we – are dying.  As the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat starts to soften, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before through the season that reminds us to take nothing for granted.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53671008502033,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781526611468.jpg?v=1781514267","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-autumn-light-by-pico-iyer","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}