{"product_id":"9781942993209","title":"Ode to Kirihito","description":"A  promising young doctor, Kirihito Osanai visits a remote Japanese  mountain village to investigate the source of the latest medical  mystery. While he ends up traveling the world to discover what it takes  to be cured of such a disease, a conspiracy back home attempts to  explain away his absence. Hinging upon his fate are those of his loved  ones: an unstable childhood friend and colleague trapped between  factions of the medical establishment that nurtured him; a fiancée  emotionally transformed by Kirihito’s mysterious disappearance; and a  stranger who becomes his guardian angel, a sensual circus-act performer  with volatile psychological secrets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom plutocratic Taipei and  racially divided South Africa to backwater Arabia and modern Osaka,  ambition and desire beckon “normal men” to behave uglier than any beast.  Riveting our attention on deformity and its acceptance like \u003ci\u003eThe Elephant Man\u003c\/i\u003e by David Lynch, \u003ci\u003eOde to Kirihito\u003c\/i\u003e examines the true worth of human beings through and beyond appearances.","brand":"Kodansha USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137242382576,"sku":"9781942993209","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942993209_p0.jpg?v=1763786124","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942993209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}