{"product_id":"sisters-in-yellow","title":"Sisters In Yellow","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRising star Mieko Kawakami reaches new heights in this\npacy, thrilling novel, a Japanese \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad,\u003c\/i\u003e in which a\ngroup of friends fight for freedom, independence, and survival in Tokyo of the\n1990s, a world rapidly dividing into haves and have-nots.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAll of them are fleeing something. Growing up without a father, Hana’s tired of\nthe pity in her classmates’ eyes, and finds a flashier mother\nfigure in Kimiko. Kimiko is older than Hana's mother but seems much\nyounger, chatting easily about school and boys and wanting a better\nlife. Fate throws them together with two more young women—bruised but not\nbroken by life. Together the four set out to remake their lives, fighting\npredatory lenders, organized criminals, and plain bad luck as they open a bar\ncalled Lemon. \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nKeeping the business going, and trying to take care of each other, forms the\ncore of this enrapturing novel. It is a story of startling reversals and vivid\nportraits of the matriarchy of Tokyo nightlife and its adjacent criminal\nunderclasses. From the bar owners to the aging hostesses to the young street\ntouts coaxing people off the street to places like Lemon, everyone wants a\nchance at renewal, but can everyone get it? \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nNarrated by Hana in Kawakami’s trademark evocatively poetic style and paced\nlike a noir, \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow \u003c\/i\u003ewill be the literary\nblockbuster of the season. This epic of friendship and betrayal is the kind of\nbook one longs to return to when away from it: a world unto itself, and a book\nthat makes you think while it produces immensities of feeling. It is a major\nnovel that, like so many of the best recent phenomena—from Donna Tartt to Hanya\nYanagihara—explores how we survive (or don't) together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMIEKO KAWAKAMI\u003c\/b\u003e is the acclaimed author of the\ninternationally best-selling novel \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew\nYork Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year and one of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best\n10 Books of 2020. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHer other novels, translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd,\ninclude \u003ci\u003eHeaven\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker\nPrize, and \u003ci\u003eAll the Lovers in the Night,\u003c\/i\u003e a finalist for the\n2023 National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 2024, \u003ci\u003eSisters in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e won the Yomiuri\nPrize for Literature. Her books, translated into over forty languages, are\nknown for their insights into the female body, and philosophical questions\nsurrounding gender, class, and ethics in modern society. Born in Osaka,\nKawakami lives in Tokyo, Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958595481807,"sku":"9781524712983","price":34.88,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_f256f439-fbdf-403b-bc0a-27b2611ba162.jpg?v=1774839220","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/sisters-in-yellow","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}