{"product_id":"9780099589457","title":"The Waiting Years","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Enchi, Fumiko, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/11\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 192 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Vintage Classics,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Vintage Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780099589457\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished for the first time in the UK, one of Japan's greatest modern female writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late nineteenth century, Tomo, the faithful wife of a government official, is sent to Tokyo, where a heartbreaking task is awaiting her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom among hundreds of geishas and daughters offered up for sale by their families she must select a respectable young girl to become her husband's new lover. Externally calm, but torn apart inside, Tomo dutifully begins the search for an official mistress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Waiting Years was awarded Japan's most prestigious literary award, the Noma Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35022965112985,"sku":"9780099589457","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780099589457.jpg?v=1602535674","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780099589457","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}