{"product_id":"gifted-suzumi-suzuki","title":"Gifted - Suzumi Suzuki","description":"\u003cp\u003eA moving portrayal of a troubled mother-daughter relationship, shortlisted for Japan’s prestigious Akutagawa Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2008, the unnamed narrator of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGifted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis working as a hostess and living in Tokyo’s nightlife district. One day, her estranged mother, who is seriously ill, suddenly turns up at her door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the mother approaches the end of her life, the two women must navigate their strained relationship, while the narrator also reckons with events happening in her own life, including the death of a close friend—all under the bright lights of Tokyo’s ‘sleepless town’, Kabukicho.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn sharp, elegant prose, and based on the author’s own experiences as a sex worker,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGifted\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eheralds the breakthrough of an exciting new literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In this unsentimental novella, a young woman working as a bar hostess and sex worker in Tokyo reckons with several unresolved personal traumas … Based on Suzuki’s own experiences in the adult industry, the book chronicles the young woman’s wanderings from bar to bar, hospital to home, with brutal honesty.” —\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Demonstrates that death is the only way forward. Oozes with maternal cruelty.” — Yoko Ogawa, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Memory Police\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eType: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Great condition, general wear and tear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks\/Annotations: None\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 96 pages\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"litsy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53174610624811,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/1001\/0155\/files\/112.png?v=1776059567","url":"https:\/\/lit-sy.com\/products\/gifted-suzumi-suzuki","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}