{"product_id":"2026100012487-secondhand-when-i-whistle","title":"When I Whistle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn postwar Japan, where the relentless march of modernity has buried the gentler world of the past, When I Whistle weaves together two generations whose lives are bound by memory, ambition, and the quiet violence of progress. Shusaku Endo chronicles the story of Ozu, a middle-aged man haunted by the innocence of his youth and the luminous girl he once loved, set against the cold, clinical ambitions of his son Eiichi — a young doctor willing to sacrifice human dignity on the altar of career advancement. The novel presents a Japan caught between nostalgia and ruthlessness, tenderness and moral compromise, painting its characters with an aching precision that cuts to the heart of what it means to lose one's humanity in the pursuit of success.\n\nEndo, one of Japan's most celebrated and internationally revered literary voices, masterfully illustrates the collision between old-world compassion and new-world pragmatism, a tension that defined much of 20th-century Japanese society. His prose, spare yet profoundly resonant, carries the unmistakable influence of his Catholic faith and his lifelong preoccupation with guilt, grace, and the silent suffering of the innocent. Translated into English and embraced by a global readership, When I Whistle stands as a testament to Endo's extraordinary ability to render the universal within the deeply particular — leaving the reader to wonder what, precisely, was lost when the whistle last sounded.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948307255515,"sku":"2026100012487-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3dbabf23-dca8-4874-90a2-224f1e0d9a5d.png?v=1793104350","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012487-secondhand-when-i-whistle","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}