{"product_id":"the-rainbow","title":"The Rainbow","description":"\u003cp\u003eA powerful, poignant novel about three half sisters in post-war Japan, from the Nobel Prize-winning author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSnow Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith the Second World War only a few years in the past, and Japan still reeling from its effects, two half 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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rainbow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a searing, melancholy work from one of Japan's greatest writers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43450385563682,"sku":"9780241542293","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/files\/Copy-of-Book-Template---2025-01-23T124718-325.jpg?v=1737589669","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/the-rainbow","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}