{"product_id":"where-europe-begins-stories-paperback","title":"Where Europe Begins: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eYoko Tawada\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSusan Bernofsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eYumi Selden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChosen as a 2005 \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year, \u003cem\u003eWhere Europe Begins\u003c\/em\u003e has been described by the Russian literary phenomenon Victor Pelevin as \"a spectacular journey through a world of colliding languages and multiplying cities.\" In these stories' disparate settings--Japan, Siberia, Russia, and Germany--the reader becomes as much a foreigner as the author, or the figures that fill this book: the ghost of a burned woman, a traveler on the Trans-Siberian railroad, a mechanical doll, a tongue, a monk who leaps into his own reflection. Through the timeless art of storytelling, Yoko Tawada discloses the virtues of bewilderment, estrangement, and \u003cem\u003eHilaritas\u003c\/em\u003e: the goddess of rejoicing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 6.72 x 4.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 17, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47228897657081,"sku":"9780811217026","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/N0ljai9QRlVUM1hXM3pYOUt4eHdSUT09.webp?v=1768296566","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/where-europe-begins-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}