{"product_id":"dance-dance-dance-9780679753797","title":"Dance Dance Dance","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDance Dance Dance\u003c\/i\u003e--a follow-up to \u003ci\u003eA Wild Sheep Chase\u003c\/i\u003e--is a tense, poignant, and often hilarious ride through Murakami's Japan, a place where everything that is not up for sale is up for grabs.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Murakami's nameless protagonist searches for a mysteriously vanished girlfriend, he is plunged into a wind tunnel of sexual violence and metaphysical dread. In this propulsive novel, featuring a shabby but oracular Sheep Man, one of the most idiosyncratically brilliant writers at work today fuses together science fiction, the hardboiled thriller, and white-hot satire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaruki Murakami \u003c\/b\u003eis a best-selling Japanese writer. His works of fiction and non-fiction have garnered critical acclaim and numerous awards, including the Franz Kafka Prize, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award and the Jerusalem Prize, among others. Murakami's fiction is humorous and surreal, focusing on themes of alienation and loneliness. He is considered an important figure in postmodern literature. The Guardian praised Murakami as \"among the world's greatest living novelists\" for his works and achievements. Murakami is the author of \u003ci\u003e1Q84, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, Men Without Women \u003c\/i\u003eand many more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred Birnbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is an American translator who has translated works by Haruki Murakami, Miyabe Miyuki, and Natsuki Ikezawa. He has also edited the short story anthology \u003ci\u003eMonkey Brain Sushi: New Tastes in Japanese Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. Birnbaum is a professor of creative writing and translation at Waseda University's School of International Liberal Studies.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599617069330,"sku":"9780679753797","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea1711be-a4c6-423d-b5ce-d47c2b09d795.jpg?v=1732202940","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dance-dance-dance-9780679753797","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}