{"product_id":"bullfight","title":"Bullfight","description":"The prize-winning debut of one of Japan's greatest authors, this novella follows a journalist's crazy scheme to stage a bullfight in postwar Osaka. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A disarmingly simple tale of ambition and entrepreneurial daring... written in tight, confident prose.' - \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTsugami, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in war-scarred Osaka, agrees to sponsor a bullfight. For months this great gamble consumes him, makes him as wary and combative as if he was in a ring himself. And, as he becomes ever more distant, his lover Sakiko is unsure if she would like to see him succeed or be destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs much a story of post-war Japan as it is about the country's special brand of bullfighting, this novella is a masterly exploration of hope, ambition and despair. Tsugami has built his newspaper into something solid and sustainable in the uncertain aftermath of the war. But the idea of more - more money, more excitement, more life - holds an irresistible appeal. Just as he has been sleeping with Sakiko for years despite having a wife and children elsewhere, his yearning for a bigger life pulls him into the chaotic endeavour of the bullfight, putting everything he's worked for at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYasushi Inoue's novella won him the prestigious Akutagawa Prize and established him as one of Japan's most acclaimed authors. From the planning of a bullfight, through Tsugami's struggle, his focus and his solitude - he crafts something intensely memorable, a profound and compelling existential tale.","brand":"Buchserien.de","offers":[{"title":"Neuware","offer_id":53855706448210,"sku":"9781805332022","price":14.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0615\/7002\/3593\/files\/unnamed_61178809-3df9-437b-aae3-30ccfab1ac22.jpg?v=1782609747","url":"https:\/\/www.buchserien.de\/products\/bullfight","provider":"Buchserien.de","version":"1.0","type":"link"}