{"product_id":"the-rainbow-paperback-2","title":"The Rainbow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters--born to the same father but different mothers--struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father's first child--haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together--seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan's greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51374378025183,"sku":"9780593314920","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/BOkkeGjUjq9780593314920.webp?v=1789178859","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/the-rainbow-paperback-2","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}