{"product_id":"the-rainbow","title":"The Rainbow","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780241542286\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (UK)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two half sisters - born to the same father but different mothers - struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time, while Momoko, their father's first child - haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together - seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family and the inescapability of the past, \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan's greatest writers.","brand":"Smartfox Books","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41124686397573,"sku":"PR132813","price":27.5,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-rainbow","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}