{"product_id":"book-2ag7","title":"Tokyo","description":"\u003cp\u003eA novel of friendship and misreading that deciphers Tokyo’s hidden social codes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEmily Itami’s Costa-shortlisted \u003cem\u003eFault Lines\u003c\/em\u003e transported readers to Tokyo. Now join her there.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTokyo: quaint and vast, majestic and baffling. Unspoiled parks and roiling tourist traps, artisanal delicacies and millions of vending machines, highly efficient commuter trains packed with snoozing salarymen.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan an outsider—or even a native who left—ever hope to keep up?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Anna reconnects with her childhood friend Tsubasa after years apart, they strike up a wide-ranging correspondence. They have much to tell about their lives and memories and dreams, but also about the city they once shared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their connection deepens, Tokyo’s codes and customs and unspoken rules unfold in revealing lessons: how politeness conceals a world of meaning; how falling asleep during a business meeting can signal exemplary commitment; how alienating vastness can give way, without warning, to intimacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrought to charismatic life by novelist Emily Itami, Tokyo is funny, tender, and gently disorienting: an epistolary love story and a brisk primer in the complex etiquette of a city that reveals and withholds in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67963719156016,"sku":"BD2ag7","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":67963719188784,"sku":"ZE2ag7","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":67963719221552,"sku":"ZM2ag7","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/2ag7-Square-cover.webp?v=1793837066","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-2ag7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}