{"product_id":"bullfight-pushkin-press-classics","title":"Bullfight (Pushkin Press Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe PrizeWinning Debut Of One Of JapanS Greatest Authors, This Novella Follows A JournalistS Crazy Scheme To Stage A Bullfight In Postwar Osaka.A Disarmingly Simple Tale Of Ambition And Entrepreneurial Daring... Written In Tight, Confident Prose.  Financial Timestsugami, The EditorInChief Of A Newspaper In WarScarred Osaka, Agrees To Sponsor A Bullfight. For Months This Great Gamble Consumes Him, Makes Him As Wary And Combative As If He Was In A Ring Himself. And, As He Becomes Ever More Distant, His Lover Sakiko Is Unsure If She Would Like To See Him Succeed Or Be Destroyed.As Much A Story Of PostWar Japan As It Is About The CountryS Special Brand Of Bullfighting, This Novella Is A Masterly Exploration Of Hope, Ambition And Despair. Tsugami Has Built His Newspaper Into Something Solid And Sustainable In The Uncertain Aftermath Of The War. But The Idea Of More  More Money, More Excitement, More Life  Holds An Irresistible Appeal. Just As He Has Been Sleeping With Sakiko For Years Despite Having A Wife And Children Elsewhere, His Yearning For A Bigger Life Pulls Him Into The Chaotic Endeavour Of The Bullfight, Putting Everything HeS Worked For At Risk.Yasushi InoueS Novella Won Him The Prestigious Akutagawa Prize And Established Him As One Of JapanS Most Acclaimed Authors. From The Planning Of A Bullfight, Through TsugamiS Struggle, His Focus And His Solitude  He Crafts Something Intensely Memorable, A Profound And Compelling Existential Tale.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957406679285,"sku":"DADAX1805332023","price":15.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/81kSro8g9ZL.jpg?v=1775553727","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/bullfight-pushkin-press-classics","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}