{"product_id":"swallows","title":"Swallows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn acerbic, witty vision of contemporary Japan from one of the country's most decorated authors — bestselling, prizewinning Natsuo Kirino, author of \u003cem\u003eOut\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTwenty-nine-year-old Riki is sick of her dead-end job, of struggling to get by ever since she moved to Tokyo from the country. So when someone offers her the chance to become a surrogate in return for a life-changing amount of money, it's hard to turn down. But how much of herself will she be forced to give away?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRetired ballet star Motoi and his wife, Yuko, have spent years trying to conceive. As Yuko begins to make peace with her childlessness, Motoi grows increasingly desperate for a child to whom he can pass on his elite genes. Their last resort is surrogacy: a business transaction, plain and simple. But as they try to exert ever more control over Riki, their contract with her starts to slip through their fingers…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVibrating with the injustices of class and gender, tradition and power, \u003cem\u003eSwallows\u003c\/em\u003e is an acerbic, witty vision of contemporary Japan — and of a young woman's fight to preserve her dignity at any cost. Translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003ePraise for Swallows\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Frank, tender, expansive, and radically embodied… Luminous.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Tess Gunty\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A timely and engrossing drama about desire, precarity, and the uses of a woman's body.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Ruth Ozeki\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A masterful feat of storytelling as well as a biting critique of gender, patrimony and class.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Julie Otsuka\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A dazzling and troubling feminist page turner.\"\u003c\/em\u003e — Financial Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNatsuo Kirino is one of Japan's most highly decorated authors — winner of both the Grand Prix for Crime Fiction for \u003cem\u003eOut\u003c\/em\u003e and the Naoki Prize for \u003cem\u003eSoft Cheeks\u003c\/em\u003e. In 2015 she was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon for her literary achievements. \u003cem\u003eSwallows\u003c\/em\u003e is her fifth novel to be translated into English; a Japanese TV adaptation aired in summer 2024 to great critical acclaim.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51682073673944,"sku":"9781837264285","price":1699.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781837264285.jpg?v=1778684202","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/swallows","provider":"readersparadiseindore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}