{"product_id":"gifted","title":"Gifted","description":"\u003cp class=\"ProductItem-details-title\" data-content-field=\"title\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1780971077163_133\"\u003eGifted\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-price\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1780971077163_132\"\u003eFiction by Suzumi Suzuki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ProductItem-details-excerpt\" data-content-field=\"excerpt\" id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1780971077163_131\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTranslated from the Japanese by Allison Markin Powell.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the last days of her mother’s life, a young woman living in Tokyo’s red-light district is thrust into a split existence. By day, she negotiates her new role as caregiver of an abusive parent. By night, she drifts home from the hospital, goes out with other sex-workers, thinks about quitting smoking, and numbly remembers Eri, a friend who died the summer before. Her sensitivity to the details of her surroundings grounds an otherwise unstable world, one where each interaction requires a subtle negotiation of economic and sexual power, and proximity rarely means intimacy or connection.⁠⁠\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on her own experiences as a hostess and adult film actor, GIFTED—Suzumi Suzuki’s first novel to be translated into English—offers a nuanced, frank, and intimate portrayal of the lives of a mother and daughter getting by (or not) in an industry rarely depicted authentically in literary fiction.⁠\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Antidote Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43278284783664,"sku":null,"price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0146\/8094\/8784\/files\/9798893389005.webp?v=1780971308","url":"https:\/\/antidotebooks.com\/products\/gifted","provider":"Antidote Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}