{"product_id":"9781526611468","title":"Autumn Light : Japan's Season of Fire and Farewells by Pico Iyer","description":"We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it's their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.   Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law's sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited games of ping-pong in the evenings. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honouring the dead, he soon finds himself grappling with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love even though we know that they - and we - are dying.   As the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat starts to soften, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before through the season that reminds us to take nothing for granted.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43206172573874,"sku":"9781526611468","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9781526611468.jpg?v=1690743894","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781526611468","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}