{"product_id":"grotesque","title":"Grotesque","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"286\"\u003eLife at the prestigious Q High School for Girls in Tokyo exists on a precise social axis: a world of insiders and outsiders, of haves and have-nots.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"288\" data-end=\"446\"\u003eBeautiful Yuriko and her unpopular, unnamed sister exist in different spheres; the hopelessly awkward Kazue Sato floats around among them, trying to fit in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"448\" data-end=\"557\"\u003eYears later, Yuriko and Kazue are dead ― both have become prostitutes and both have been brutally murdered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"730\"\u003eNatsuo Kirino, celebrated author of \u003cem data-start=\"595\" data-end=\"600\"\u003eOut\u003c\/em\u003e, seamlessly weaves together the stories of these women’s struggles within the conventions and restrictions of Japanese society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"981\"\u003eAt once a psychological investigation of the pressures facing Japanese women and a classic work of noir fiction, \u003cem data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"856\"\u003eGrotesque\u003c\/em\u003e is a brilliantly twisted novel of ambition, desire, beauty, cruelty, and identity by one of our most electrifying writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr data-start=\"983\" data-end=\"986\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1010\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1008\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1438\"\u003eNatsuo Kirino, born in 1951, quickly established a reputation in her country as one of a rare breed of mystery writers whose work goes well beyond the conventional crime novel. This fact has been demonstrated by her winning not only the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction in Japan for \u003cem data-start=\"1291\" data-end=\"1296\"\u003eOut\u003c\/em\u003e in 1998, but one of its major literary awards — the Naoki Prize — for \u003cem data-start=\"1367\" data-end=\"1380\"\u003eSoft Cheeks\u003c\/em\u003e (which has not yet been published in English), in 1999.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1440\" data-end=\"1598\"\u003eSeveral of her books have also been turned into feature movies. \u003cem data-start=\"1504\" data-end=\"1509\"\u003eOut\u003c\/em\u003e was the first of her novels to appear in English and was nominated for an Edgar Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1968\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1600\" data-end=\"1615\"\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rebecca L. Copeland, professor of Japanese literature at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, was born in Fukuoka, Japan, the daughter of American missionaries. She received her Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University in 1986. She has published numerous scholarly studies on and translations of modern Japanese women's writing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44644277649615,"sku":"9781400096596","price":29.98,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_bdc0af5e-be2e-4552-9ca5-c092366dde7e.jpg?v=1761536023","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/grotesque","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}