{"product_id":"beauty-and-sadness-9780679761051-b","title":"Beauty and Sadness","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Yasunari Kawabata\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Vintage\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNOBEL PRIZE WINNER - The successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Endlessly provocative and original.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOtoko is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45028462887063,"sku":"9780679761051","price":1504.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780679761051.webp?v=1769202532","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/beauty-and-sadness-9780679761051-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}