{"product_id":"the-pagoda-9781609622411","title":"The Pagoda","description":"This novel is a landmark in Japanese literature, widely known, read, and beloved. Sometimes known as \"The Five-Story Pagoda,\" it tells the story of Jubei, a carpenter and craftsman, who dreams of building a pagoda for the Abbot of the Kannoji Temple. Despite his poverty, low station, and poor reputation-he is known as \"the slouch\"- Jubei's determined and uncompromising allegiance to his own vision bring him the possibility of raising a great work for the ages ... but will it stand against the howling demons of a tropical typhoon? Rohan Kōda's The Pagoda (Gojūnotō, 五重塔) first appeared in installments in 1891-1892. This first English translation was published in 1909. Sakae Shioya, the translator, was the author of When I Was a Boy in Japan (1906).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453157413138,"sku":"9781609622411","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6e1c90b1-38f1-4f76-94a8-c48f85ea4003.jpg?v=1729837620","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pagoda-9781609622411","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}