{"product_id":"9781782397991-a-tokyo-romance","title":"A Tokyo Romance","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Ian Buruma\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Hardback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 256\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Ian Buruma arrived in Tokyo in 1975, he found a feverish and surreal metropolis in the midst of an economic boom, where everything seemed new and history only remained in fragments. Through his adventures in the world of avant-garde theatre, his encounters with carnival acts, fashion photographers and moments on-set with Akira Kurosawa, Buruma underwent a radical transformation. For an outsider, unattached to the cultural burdens placed on the Japanese, this was a place to be truly free.  A Tokyo Romance is a portrait of a young artist and the fantastical city that shaped him, and a timeless story about the desire to transgress boundaries: cultural, artistic and sexual.","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45553716691163,"sku":"9781782397991","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/9781782397991.jpg?v=1715767766","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781782397991-a-tokyo-romance","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}