{"product_id":"the-summer-house-paperback","title":"The Summer House - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis prize-winning debut novel offers a compelling, insightful portrait of modern Japan through a group of architects competing to design a major new building in Tokyo.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTōru Sakanishi is a recent university graduate who joins the prestigious Murai Office, a small architecture firm founded by Shunsuke Murai, former student of Frank Lloyd Wright. A sensitive and observant narrator, Sakanishi is captivated by the artistic quality and careful consideration the Murai Office shows to each of its designs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the sweltering summer months approach, the Murai Office migrates from Tokyo to Kita-Asama, a mountain village and artists' colony whose heyday has passed. There, this small team of architects, including two women who Sakanishi is clumsily attracted to, set out to design the National Library of Modern Literature, competing against a rival firm that snaps up one government project after the next. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeautifully translated by National Book Award-winner Margaret Mitsutani, \u003ci\u003eThe Summer House\u003c\/i\u003e is a character-driven story with prose that highlights the natural beauty of Japan, the ingenuity of architecture, and the clashing of modernity and tradition.","brand":"Other Press (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46584063361180,"sku":"9781635425178","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0712\/7616\/7324\/files\/9781635425178.jpg?v=1774478649","url":"https:\/\/bronzeandbrass.store\/products\/the-summer-house-paperback","provider":"Bronze \u0026 Brass","version":"1.0","type":"link"}