{"product_id":"books-strange-weather-in-tokyo-by-hiromi-kawakami","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo","description":"\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTsukiko, 38, 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 30 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53480173109521,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781640090163.jpg?v=1777543417","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-strange-weather-in-tokyo-by-hiromi-kawakami","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}