{"product_id":"9781640090170","title":"Strange Weather in Tokyo: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTsukiko, thirty-eight, 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 thirty 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":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168707428592,"sku":"9781640090170","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781640090170_p0.jpg?v=1763684413","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781640090170","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}