{"title":"Books by Izumi Suzuki","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781788739887","title":"Terminal Boredom","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by \u003ci\u003eThrillist, The Millions, Frieze, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Metropolis Japan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first English language publication of the work of Izumi Suzuki, a legend of Japanese science fiction and a countercultural icon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt turns nonchalantly hip and charmingly deranged, Suzuki's singular slant on speculative fiction would be echoed in countless later works, from Margaret Atwood and Harumi Murakami, to Black Mirror and Ex Machina. In these darkly playful and punky stories, the fantastical elements are always earthed by the universal pettiness of strife between the sexes, and the gritty reality of life on the lower rungs, whatever planet that ladder might be on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Polly Barton, Sam Bett, David Boyd, Daniel Joseph, Aiko Masubuchi, and Helen O'Horan.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305582375285,"sku":"9781788739887","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781788739887_6a023b06-5a5b-4bfa-ae1c-f8988f195645.jpg?v=1786027084"},{"product_id":"9781804293300","title":"Set My Heart on Fire","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first novel from Izumi Suzuki to be published in English: a candid, intimate exploration of passion, music and transgression\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHope I’m in for a good time, I thought. Even if it’s just for tonight.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the underground bar and club scene of 1970s Tokyo, \u003ci\u003eSet My Heart On Fire\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Izumi in her turbulent twenties. Through a series of disarmingly frank vignettes, author Izumi Suzuki presents an unforgettable portrait of a young woman encountering missteps and miscommunication, good music and unreliable men, powerful drugs and disorientating meds. Izumi usually keeps her relationships short but complicated, until she meets Jun.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSet My Heart on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is a visceral novel about mistaken relationships and the convolutions of desire, about regret and acceptance. Pulsing through the narration is the protagonist’s love of music, a vital soundtrack spanning the Zombies, T. Rex and the Rolling Stones as well as underground Japanese psychedelic-rock bands such as the Tigers and the Tempters.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306929926517,"sku":"9781804293300","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804293300_b96a790b-f33b-4926-b20d-0ad8aee6b47c.jpg?v=1786026742"},{"product_id":"9781839768491","title":"Hit Parade of Tears","description":"\u003cb\u003eA new collection of stories from the cult author of \u003ci\u003eTerminal Boredom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the land. In this new collection, her skewed imagination distorts and enhances some of the classic concepts of science fiction and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A philandering husband receives a bestial punishment from a wife with her own secrets to keep; a music lover finds herself in a timeline both familiar and as wrong as can be; a misfit band of space pirates discover a mysterious baby among the stars; Emma, the Bovary-like character from one of Suzuki's stories in \u003ci\u003eTerminal Boredom\u003c\/i\u003e, lands herself in a bizarre romantic pickle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wryly anarchic and deeply imaginative, Suzuki was a writer like no other. These eleven stories offer readers the opportunity to delve deeper in this singular writer's work.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308112556405,"sku":"9781839768491","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781839768491_f4e051cf-4ea4-434e-96a2-c7ec766d8727.jpg?v=1786027902"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-izumi-suzuki.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}