{"title":"Hideo Furukawa","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"slow-boat","title":"Slow Boat","description":"\u003cp\u003eA startling novella from the heir to Haruki Murakami and Gabriel García Márquez\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I've never made it out of Tokyo. I can't tell you how many times I've asked myself if the boundary is real. Of course it's real. And if you think I'm lying, you can come and see for yourself.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrapped in Tokyo, left behind by a series of girlfriends, the narrator of Slow Boat sizes up his situation. His missteps, his violent rebellions, his tiny victories. But he is not a passive loser, content to accept all that fate hands him. He attempts one last escape to the edges of the city, holding the only safety net he has known - his dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFilled with lyrical longing and humour, Slow Boat captures perfectly the urge to get away and the necessity of finding yourself in a world which might never even be looking for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHideo Furukawa, born in 1966, is an acclaimed and prize-winning writer, hailed by many in Japan's literary world as a prodigy worthy of inheriting the mantle of Haruki Murakami. He was awarded the Mishima Prize in 2006 for Love. His best-known novel is the 2008 Holy Family, an epic work of alternate history set in north-eastern Japan, where he was born.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50444690653515,"sku":"2207197","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/41WCdDNU6iL._SY445_SX342__c00f5df0_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727029366"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/hideo-furukawa.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}