{"product_id":"south-of-the-border-west-of-the-sun-haruki-murakami-9780099448570","title":"South of the Border, West of the Sun","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving wife and two daughters, and success running a jazz bar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen Shimamoto reappears. She is beautiful, intense, enveloped in mystery. Hajime is catapulted into the past, putting at risk all he has in the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e***************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eHaruki Murakami (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHaruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honors is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J. M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera, and V. S. Naipaul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37365446967453,"sku":"9780099448570","price":56.5,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9780099448570_MPH_SouthoftheBorder_WestoftheSun.jpg?v=1713411877","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/south-of-the-border-west-of-the-sun-haruki-murakami-9780099448570","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}