{"product_id":"asleep","title":"Asleep","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eKITCHEN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Enchanting.' \u003ci\u003eTIME OUT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'The literary equivalent of a lo-fi playlist.' \u003ci\u003eJAPAN TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Sensitive, refined and graceful.' \u003ci\u003ei-D\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e[Yoshimoto] is the supreme poet of solitude.' \u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mourning her lost lover, a woman finds herself sleepwalking at night.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Another woman, in the midst of an affair with a man whose wife is in a coma, finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e And a third woman finds her dreams haunted by an old rival in love.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Across the nocturnal lives of these three women, Banana Yoshimoto weaves an enchanting ghost story, with a touch of Kafkaesque surrealism.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love Banana Yoshimoto:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love her ability to make the mundane glorious and the supernatural and unbelievably unlikely commonplace'\u003cbr\u003e ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Yoshimoto is there to show us that there is beauty in the simplest things and truth in life's most brutal moments'\u003cbr\u003e ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'She paints a picture with her words unlike anyone else I've ever read'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Asleep","offer_id":46272400326853,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-571-20537-0.jpg?v=1779596241","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/asleep","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}