{"product_id":"the-horse-and-i-genki-kawamura-9781806170876","title":"[PRE-ORDER] - The Horse And I (UK Paperback Ed.) (Expected 20\/11\/2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eIf Cats Disappeared from the World \u003c\/em\u003ecomes a taut psychological mystery based on a real-life crime for fans of Butter and Diary of a Void.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe works quietly in a coastal shipyard office, barely noticed by those around her. Life passes in grey repetition until one day, on the side of a road, she sees something that changes everything: a black horse, still and watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom that moment, something begins to shift.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs her obsession deepens, so does the double life she builds in secret. What begins with a quiet longing grows into something far more dangerous - and her steady embezzlement threatens to put everything at risk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHorse and I is a haunting, slow-burning psychological novel about the hunger for freedom in a world that insists on keeping women small. With echoes of Butter and Diary of a Void, it probes the uneasy space between yearning and transgression, beauty and brutality, and asks how far a person will go for the one thing that makes them feel alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA tense and mesmerising Japanese mystery where desire, silence, and power collide.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**************\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eGenki Kawamura (Author)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1979. Produced films such as \"Confessions\", \"Villain\", \"Love Strikes\", \"Wolf Children\", \"your name.\", and \"Monster\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, he published his debut novel \"If Cats Disappeared from the World\" with over 3 million copies sold and was translated and published in 38 countries and regions. It reached #4 on The New York Times bestseller list for paperback. His other works include the novels \"Million Dollar Man\", \"April Come She Will\", \"The Divine Comedy\", and \"The Horse and I\", all of which have also been translated and published internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2022, he made his directorial debut with the film \"Hundreds of Flowers\", based on one of his own novels. The film won the Silver Shell for Best Director Award at the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2025, his second directorial work \"Exit 8\" was officially selected for the 78th Cannes Film Festival. It has since been invited to the Toronto International Film Festival, the Busan International Film Festival, and the Sitges Film Festival in Catalonia, and is scheduled for North American distribution by NEON.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zaffre Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48906927308957,"sku":"9781806170876","price":75.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/TheHorseAndI_9781806170876_mphbooks.webp?v=1791427001","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-horse-and-i-genki-kawamura-9781806170876","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}