{"product_id":"sanshiro-by-natsume-soseki-9780241739839","title":"Sanshiro","description":"A gorgeous new clothbound edition of Soseki's cherished novel, with an introduction by Murakami\n\n'Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head. Don't ever surrender yourself - not to Japan, not to anything'\n\nSoseki's work of gentle humour and doomed innocence depicts twenty-three-year-old Sanshiro, a recent graduate from a provincial college, as he begins university life in the big city of Tokyo. Baffled and excited by the traffic, the academics and - most of all - the women, Sanshiro must find his way amongst the sophisticates that fill his new life. An incisive social and cultural commentary, Sanshiro is also a subtle study of first love, tradition and modernization, and the idealism of youth against the cynicism of middle age.\n\nThis is a Clothbound Classics edition of Soseki's beloved novel, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These delectable and collectible Penguin editions are bound in high-quality, colourful and tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Masterfully translated by Jay Rubin, this edition also includes an introduction by Haruki Murakami.","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288747557100,"sku":"9780241739839","price":40.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/599d395ce79954f08a0375ce24818e14.jpg?v=1770604856","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/sanshiro-by-natsume-soseki-9780241739839","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}