{"product_id":"brief-encounters-souvenir-of-japan","title":"Brief Encounters: Souvenir of Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFive stories of desire and discovery set in 1970s Japan, from weird fiction's most influential pioneer - Angela Carter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Englishwoman muses on her affair with a younger Japanese man. A spurned lover seeks intimacy in another chance encounter. A boy stumbles upon a mirror world while walking in the woods. In five mesmerising, fantastical tales of 1970s Japan, Angela Carter explores what it means to arrive in a world different from one's own, and to transform profoundly - sometimes terrifyingly - in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e** The perfect stocking filler for short fiction readers** \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Angela Carter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47484325429426,"sku":"9781529983722","price":275.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781529983722.jpg?v=1791425124","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/brief-encounters-souvenir-of-japan","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}