{"product_id":"the-rainbow-9780593314920","title":"The Rainbow","description":"\u003cb\u003eAvailable in English for the very first time, a powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two sisters--born to the same father but different mothers--struggle to make sense of the new world in which they are coming of age. Asako, the younger, has become obsessed with locating a third sibling, while also experiencing love for the first time. While Momoko, their father's first child--haunted by the loss of her kamikaze boyfriend and their final, disturbing days together--seeks comfort in a series of unhealthy romances. And both sisters find themselves unable to outrun the legacies of their late mothers. A thoughtful, probing novel about the enduring traumas of war, the unbreakable bonds of family, and the inescapability of the past, \u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e is a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan's greatest writers. A VINTAGE ORIGINAL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYASUNARI KAWABATA, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize for Literature, is one of Japan's most distinguished novelists. Born in Osaka in 1899, he published his first stories while he was still in high school. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1924. His story \"The Izu Dancer,\" first published in 1925, appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e in 1955. Among his major novels published in the United States are \u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e (1956), \u003ci\u003eThe Master of Go\u003c\/i\u003e (1972), and \u003ci\u003eBeauty and Sadness\u003c\/i\u003e (1975). Kawabata was found dead, by his own hand, in 1972.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590795759890,"sku":"9780593314920","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7a66686c-b2c6-458a-a70a-b5a32f42fd94.jpg?v=1732082251","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rainbow-9780593314920","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}