{"product_id":"9780956727312","title":"Kokoro - Hints And Echoes Of Japanese Inner Life","description":"Kokoro:Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life, is a collection of fifteen essays which capture the innermeaning or spirit of the Japanese.Kokoro opens with\u003cbr\u003e\"At a Railway Station\", the story of a criminal captured in Fukuoka andmade to face the wife of his victim, the moving tale of a street singer and the charming portrait of a Geisha in \"Kimiko\". Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of\u003cbr\u003eJapanese Inner Life, was first published in 1896 at a time when Japan was largely unknown to the Western world. Kokoro (?) which translates as\u003cbr\u003e'heart' in English offers the reader the first glimpses into pre-industrial and\u003cbr\u003eMeji era Japan.Today the works of LafcadioHearn aremostly forgotten in the\u003cbr\u003eWest and are fading fromthememories of the Japanese, butHearn's work still offers valuable insight into Japan and its customs.","brand":"Wabi Sabi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47034096156912,"sku":"9780956727312","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780956727312_p0.jpg?v=1763872912","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780956727312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}