{"product_id":"9780141192611-retail-beauty-and-sadness","title":"Beauty and Sadness","description":"An erotic study of love and jealousy, by Japan's literary master\n\nThe successful writer Oki has reached middle age and is filled with regrets. He returns to Kyoto to find Otoko, a young woman with whom he had a terrible affair many years before, and discovers that she is now a painter, living with a younger woman as her lover. Otoko has continued to love Oki and has never forgotten him, but his return unsettles not only her but also her young lover. This is a work of strange beauty, with a tender touch of nostalgia and a heartbreaking sensitivity to those things lost forever.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49027673882843,"sku":"9780141192611-RETAIL","price":25.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/be1c75ba-2187-4120-915e-f4eef8b63c3b.jpg?v=1785091405","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9780141192611-retail-beauty-and-sadness","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}