{"product_id":"afterlife-of-kenzaburo-tsuruda","title":"Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAfterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eElisabeth Wilkins Lombardo\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781631524813\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eShe Writes Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2018\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eAs he stumbles through an afterlife he never believed in, scientist Kenzaboro Tsuruda must make sense of his life and confront his family's secrets in order to save his ancestors from becoming Hungry Ghosts--a Buddhist state of purgatory. Meanwhile, his daughter, wife, and sister-in-law struggle with their own loss and take turns sharing their point of view to gradually reveal their family's shameful history--including when, during WWII, Kenzaboro sent his wife, Satsuki, to live with family near Hiroshima, where her rape by his brother resulted in the birth of their only child, Haruna. \u003cbr\u003e Spanning the years during WWII and its horrific ending after the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima up to Emperor Hirohito's death in 1989, \u003cem\u003eThe Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda\u003c\/em\u003e paints a beautiful and haunting portrait of ancient and modern Japan as seen through the eyes of one family as they reconcile loss, shame, honor, death, and, finally, redemption.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Afterlife of Kenzaburo Tsuruda | Elisabeth Wilkins Lombardo | Book | 9781631524813 | Used: Very Good | Fiction 1559764","offer_id":50688155320578,"sku":"1559764","price":22.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81r3kC_1SzL.jpg?v=1791475980","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/afterlife-of-kenzaburo-tsuruda","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}