{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow-by-mieko-kawakami","title":"Sisters in yellow By Mieko Kawakami","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e01\/04\/2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The most exciting Japanese novelist at work today’ – \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I can never forget the sense of pure astonishment I felt when I first read Mieko Kawakami’ – Haruki Murakami\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA heart-stopping story of teenage girls on the brink in 1990s Tokyo, from the International Booker Prize-shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eHeaven \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Breasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHana has nothing but she’s hopeful. She’s fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in Tokyo with her mother. They have no money, no security. Then the enigmatic Kimiko appears. She offers Hana a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they set up Lemon, a shabby bar that becomes their haven. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves and friends to share her days with, but the glittering promise of money soon gives way to a dangerous world. Trapped between her own paranoia and the violence of the city's dark underbelly, Hana is forced to make choices that will echo throughout the decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of teenage dreams and adult cruelties, \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow \u003c\/i\u003econfirms Mieko Kawakami as one of the great writers of her generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Relentlessly riveting . . . My heart felt very tender reading this’\u003cbr\u003e– Frances Cha, author of \u003ci\u003eIf I Had Your Face\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReaders love \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'My new favourite book of ALL TIME. The ending absolutely destroyed me.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A powerful, emotionally charged exploration of friendship, survival and the quiet brutality of inequality'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Mieko Kawakami doesn't need a high-speed chase to create tension; she lets a heavy, unsettling mood seep into the floorboards'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Confirms Kawakami’s place as one of the most vital voices in contemporary literature'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The character building is second to none . . . Mieko Kawakami is a generational talent'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'This is Kawakami at her best. Not for a second does the pace let up.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781035024179\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages: \u003cspan\u003e304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e197 x 130 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan\u003eEnglishvv\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":68054974529849,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/817gOvdCZuL._SL1500.jpg?v=1794432489","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/sisters-in-yellow-by-mieko-kawakami","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}