{"product_id":"the-ghost-of-suzuko-by-vincent-brault","title":"'The Ghost of Suzuko' by Vincent Brault","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"532\"\u003eA Montreal writer returns to Tokyo after the death of Suzuko, his former lover: a performance artist whose absence has become more vivid, more invasive, and less negotiable than her presence ever was.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"73\" data-end=\"532\"\u003eMoving through galleries, bars, streets, apartments, the Sumida River and the after-image of a relationship he cannot quite release, Vincent finds himself caught between mourning, desire, memory and the possibility that Suzuko has not entirely left the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"534\" data-end=\"1134\"\u003eOriginally published in French as \u003cem data-start=\"568\" data-end=\"590\"\u003eLe fantôme de Suzuko\u003c\/em\u003e, this English translation sits in that slightly fevered zone between literary ghost story, urban wandering, grief novel and contemporary art-world uncanny. Tokyo, mourning, performance art, haunting, ambiguous supernatural atmosphere, and that specific small-press translated-fiction strangeness that makes a book feel like it washed up from a better, odder timeline. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1136\" data-end=\"1314\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdvance reading copy of the QC Fiction English translation, paperback, published 2022. Very good condition overall, with only light handling wear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45607563034707,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/thebowerbooker.png?v=1780892797","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/the-ghost-of-suzuko-by-vincent-brault","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}