{"product_id":"a-souvenir-of-japan-by-angela-carter-9781529983722","title":"A Souvenir of Japan","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEmbark on a \u003cem\u003ebrief encounter\u003c\/em\u003e with Angela Carter, weird fiction's most influential pioneer, and her transformative stories of finding oneself in the face of another world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFive stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela Carter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one's own, and to transform profoundly - sometimes terrifyingly - in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrief Encounters\u003c\/em\u003e: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976649097452,"sku":"9781529983722","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781529983722-a-souvenir-of-japan.jpg?v=1784694095","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/a-souvenir-of-japan-by-angela-carter-9781529983722","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}