{"product_id":"9781640090194","title":"Manazuru: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eBoth startlingly restless and immaculately compact, \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e paints the portrait of a woman on the brink of her own memories and future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelve years have passed since Kei’s husband, Rei, disappeared and she was left alone with her three-year-old daughter. Her new relationship with a married man—the antithesis of Rei—has brought her life to a numbing stasis, and her relationships with her mother and daughter have spilled into routine, day after day. Kei begins making repeated trips to the seaside town of Manazuru, a place that jogs her memory to a moment in time she can never quite locate. Her time there by the water encompasses years of unsteady footing and a developing urgency to find \u003ci\u003esomething\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough a poetic style embracing the surreal and grotesque, a quiet tenderness emerges from these dark moments. \u003ci\u003eManazuru\u003c\/i\u003e is a meditation on memory—a profound, precisely delineated exploration of the relationships between lovers and family members.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177349890288,"sku":"9781640090194","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781640090194_p0.jpg?v=1763684692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781640090194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}