{"product_id":"9781737625353","title":"Dragon Palace","description":"Author: Hiromi Kawakami\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781737625353\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Stone Bridge Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Feb 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;How can a person resist?\u0026amp;#x27; -\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStories from a Japanese master of transformative fiction, where reality, myth and human foibles meet shifting dimensions of gender, biology and destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eStrange Weather in Tokyo\u003c\/i\u003e comes this otherworldly collection of eight stories, each a masterpiece of transformation, infused with humour, sex and the universal search for love and beauty - in a world where the laws of time and space, and even species boundaries, don't apply. Meet a shape-shifting con man, a goddess who uses sex to control her followers, an elderly man possessed by a fox spirit, a woman who falls in love with her 400-year-old ancestor, a kitchen god with three faces in a weasel-infested apartment block, moles who provide underground sanctuary for humans who have lost the will to live, a man nurtured through life by his seven extraordinary sisters, and a woman who is handed from husband to husband until she is finally able to return to the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u0026amp;#x27;Unique and attention-grabbing,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDragon Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is a collection of open-ended fantasy tales about thwarted love and lost opportunities.\u0026amp;#x27; - Eileen Gonzalez,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46839806197918,"sku":"ADS-9781737625353","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781737625353.jpg?v=1778827087","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781737625353","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}