{"product_id":"gifted-paperback","title":"Gifted - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSuzumi Suzuki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAllison Markin Powell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA subtle and intimate accounting of a daughter's final days with her mother, set amid the rush of Tokyo's red-light district.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her own experiences as a hostess and adult film actor, \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e--Suzumi Suzuki's first novel to be translated into English--offers a nuanced, frank, and intimate portrayal of the lives of a mother and daughter getting by (or not) in an industry rarely depicted authentically in literary fiction.In the last days of her mother's life, a young woman living in Tokyo's red-light district is thrust into a split existence. By day, she negotiates her new role as caregiver of an abusive parent. By night, she drifts home from the hospital, goes out with other sex-workers, thinks about quitting smoking, and numbly remembers Eri, a friend who died the summer before. Her sensitivity to the details of her surroundings grounds an otherwise unstable world, one where each interaction requires a subtle negotiation of economic and sexual power, and proximity rarely means intimacy or connection.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSuzumi Suzuki\u003c\/b\u003e is a Japanese writer. Since the release of her first book, a sociological study of actresses working in pornographic films, she has published works of both nonfiction and fiction. Suzuki's autobiographical book \u003ci\u003eIf You Sell Your Body, Then Goodbye!\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted into a 2017 Eiji Uchida film. Her novel \u003ci\u003eGifted\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize, and her novel \u003ci\u003eGraceless\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the 168th Akutagawa Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44378660241510,"sku":"9798893389005","price":26.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/eg17MHujMJ9798893389005.webp?v=1768907533","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/gifted-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}