{"product_id":"the-japanese-wife","title":"The Japanese Wife","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Kunal Basu\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2008\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 202\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788172237332\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Indian man writes to a Japanese woman. She writes back. The pen friends fall in lover and exchange their vows over letters, then live as man and wire without ever setting eyes on each other - their intimacy of words rested finally by life's miraculous upheavals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe twelve stories in this collection are about the unexpected. An American professor visits India with the purpose of committing suicide, and goes on a desert journey with the daughter of a snake charmer. A honeymooning Indian couple is caught up in the Tiananmen Square unrest. A Russian prostitute discovers her roots in the company of Calcutta revolutionaries. A holocaust victim stands tall among strangers in a landscape of hate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are chronicles of memory and dreams born at the crossroads of civilization. They parade a case of angels and demons rubbing shoulders with those whose lives are never quite as ordinary as they seem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS \u0026amp; COMMENTS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's an improbable and hauntingly beautiful love story, almost surreal in its innocence. And I immediately knew that this was the film I had to make.\u003cbr\u003e- Aparna Sen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Japanese Wife\u003cbr\u003eGrateful Ganga\u003cbr\u003eLenin's Café\u003cbr\u003eLotus-Dragon\u003cbr\u003eSnake charmer\u003cbr\u003eLong Live Imelda Marcos\u003cbr\u003eThe Accountant\u003cbr\u003eTiger! Tiger!\u003cbr\u003eFather Tito's Onion Rings\u003cbr\u003eMiss Annie\u003cbr\u003eThe Last Dalang\u003cbr\u003eThe Pearl fisher\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Kunal Basu \/ HarperCollins \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153804620144,"sku":"24044","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/japan.png?v=1793914337","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-japanese-wife","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}