{"product_id":"9781536511413","title":"Japan Folklore Vol. 1 The Elixir of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong, long ago there lived a man called Sentaro. His surname meant \"Millionaire,\" but although he was not so rich as all that, he was still very far removed from being poor. He had inherited a small fortune from his father and lived on this, spending his time carelessly, without any serious thoughts of work, till he was about thirty-two years of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne day, without any reason whatsoever, the thought of death and sickness came to him. The idea of falling ill or dying made him very wretched.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I should like to live,\" he said to himself, \"till I am five or six hundred years old at least, free from all sickness. The ordinary span of a man's life is very short.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe wondered whether it were possible, by living simply and frugally henceforth, to prolong his life as long as he wished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe knew there were many stories in ancient history of emperors who had lived a thousand years, and there was a Princess of Yamato, who, it was said, lived to the age of five hundred This was the latest story of a very long life record.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublishDrive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47178147692784,"sku":"9781536511413","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781536511413_p0.jpg?v=1763743146","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781536511413","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}