{"product_id":"blowfish-5241","title":"Blowfish","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 24px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003eKyung-Ran Jo\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eGenre\u003c\/span\u003eContemporary Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003eFormat\u003c\/span\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: block; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: 0.06em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #aaa;\"\u003epages\u003c\/span\u003e304 pp\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px 24px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px; color: #888;\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e'If you wanted to end your life instantly, perfectly, you needed practice and preparation.'A sculptor and architect cross paths once in Seoul, and they meet again in Tokyo. The sculptor has decided she is going to die. She is learning to prepare a fatal serving of blowfish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis was how her grandmother killed herself, in front of her husband and child. Delicate, artful but with a sense of guaranteed finality. The architect's life has been marred by death.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eHis elder brother leapt to his death from the fifth floor of an apartment building. He too is pondering his own exit from this life. For the woman, the man is a pitstop on the road to her own suicide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFor the man, the woman is a way to forestall his death and offer him an exit. Through the impressions they leave on each other, they reflect on their own lives. Taking readers through various urban spaces of Seoul and Tokyo, Blowfish delves into the inner lives of two people contemplating their failures in love and art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhat truly makes life worth living?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kyung-Ran Jo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54100208157011,"sku":"9781035435241","price":13.74,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1079\/6695\/5859\/files\/blowfish.jpg?v=1782652055","url":"https:\/\/lorienbooks.com\/products\/blowfish-5241","provider":"Lorien Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}