{"product_id":"toddler-hunting-and-other-stories-1","title":"Toddler Hunting and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAkiko couldn't abide little girls between three and ten years old - she detested them more than any other kind of human being. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Fiery, beguiling stories' \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The power of the artfully spun words make the reader shudder' Sayaka Murata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The female writer I most admire among all the Japanese authors' Shusaku Endo\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a Saturday night that feels filled with excitement, Fukuko and her husband decide to visit, unannounced, another couple. So begins a bewitching imagined journey into the forbidden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fumiko's passion for her husband thrives on sadomasochism. But now she may be pregnant and the ants that crawl over a piece of meat in her kitchen, squirm obscenely, teasing and goading her on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Akiko thinks about how she cannot have children, she feels an emotion close to joy. But though she loathes little girls, she cannot resist buying expensive clothes in which to dress little boys.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From one of the most influential voices in Japanese literature, these extraordinary stories introduce us to women risking self-destruction to fulfil their desires.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith an Introduction by Sayaka Murata\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258811240792,"sku":"9781474619202","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781474619202_4d093c32-e029-4a2b-8de5-c301f2bff97d.jpg?v=1781003725","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/toddler-hunting-and-other-stories-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}