{"product_id":"the-place-of-shells-9781399750424","title":"The Place of Shells : 'An extraordinary, beautiful novel' Sarah Bernstein, Booker-shortlisted author of Study for Obedience","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A hypnotic dissection of memory, trauma and belonging'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This attempt to imprint upon humanity the experiences of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in a way that only a novel can achieve deserves to be highly esteemed'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoko Ogawa, author of The Memory Police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Here we find a form of language that attempts to venture, dancing, into a past enveloped in silence'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYoko Tawada, author of The Last Children of Tokyo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'An eerie, shimmering fever dream . . . strange and beautiful'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJenny Mustard, author of Okay Days\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a train station in Germany, a Japanese student meets an old friend. Nomiya died a decade earlier in the Tōhoku tsunami, but he has suddenly returned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe reunited friends share a past that's a world away from the tranquility of Göttingen. Yet Nomiya's arrival destabilises something in the city: mysterious guests appear, eerie discoveries are made in the forest and, as the past becomes increasingly vivid, the threads of time threaten to unravel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Mai Ishizawa\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Fiction in translation\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 16 Jul 2026 by Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mai Ishizawa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57322129162618,"sku":"9781399750424","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781399750424.jpg?v=1790684791","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-place-of-shells-9781399750424","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}