{"product_id":"9784770019653","title":"The Silent Cry","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Silent Cry\u003c\/i\u003e traces the uneasy relationship between  two brothers who return to their ancestral home, a village in densely  forested western Japan. While one brother tries to sort out the  after-effects of a friend's suicide and the birth of a retarded son, the  other embarks on a quixotic mission to incite an uprising among the local  youth. Oe's description of this brother's messianic struggle to save a  disintegrating local culture and economy from the depredations of a Korean  wheeler-dealer called \"The Emperor of the Supermarkets\" is as chillingly  pertinent today as it was when first published in 1967. Powerful and daring,  \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Cry\u003c\/i\u003e is a thoroughly compelling classic of world  literature.  ","brand":"Kodansha International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064845189360,"sku":"9784770019653","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9784770019653_p0.jpg?v=1763714246","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9784770019653","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}