{"product_id":"gifted","title":"Gifted","description":"\u003cp\u003eA subtle and intimate accounting of a daughter’s final days with her mother, set amid the rush of Tokyo’s red-light district.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGifted was nominated for the 167th Akutagawa Prize in 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Featherheart Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48728493555936,"sku":"9798893389005","price":3160.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/4987\/2096\/files\/9798893389005.jpg?v=1770122243","url":"https:\/\/featherheartbooks.com\/products\/gifted","provider":"Featherheart Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}