{"product_id":"horses-horses-in-the-end-the-light-remains-pure-a-tale-that-begins-with-fukushima-9780231178693","title":"Horses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure: A Tale That Begins with Fukushima","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were wearing such masks. I was trying to determine, consciously and unconsciously, what people do in response. So, among people walking along the roadway, and people on motorbikes, I saw no one with masks. Even among the official crossing guards outfitted with yellow flags and banners, none. All showed bright and calm. What was I hoping for exactly? The guilty conscience again. But then it was time for school to start. We began to see groups of kids on their way to school. They were wearing masks.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorses, Horses, in the End the Light Remains Pure\u003c\/i\u003e is a multifaceted literary response to the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that devastated northeast Japan on March 11, 2011. The novel is narrated by Hideo Furukawa, who travels back to his childhood home near Fukushima after 3\/11 to reconnect with a place that is now doubly alien. His ruminations conjure the region's storied past, particularly its thousand-year history of horses, humans, and the struggle with a rugged terrain. Standing in the morning light, these horses also tell their stories, heightening the sense of liberation, chaos, and loss that accompanies Furukawa's rich recollections. A fusion of fiction, history, and memoir, this book plays with form and feeling in ways reminiscent of Vladimir Nabokov's \u003ci\u003eSpeak, Memory\u003c\/i\u003e and W. G. Sebald's \u003ci\u003eThe Rings of Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e yet draws its own, unforgettable portrait of personal and cultural dislocation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hideo Furukawa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231178693\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2016 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHideo Furukawa is a novelist based in Tokyo. He has received the Noma Literary New Face Prize, the Mystery Writers of Japan Award, the Japan SF Grand Prize, and the Yukio Mishima Award. He is also author of the novel \u003ci\u003eBelka, Why Don't You Bark?\u003c\/i\u003e (2012), translated into English by Michael Emmerich. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoug Slaymaker is professor of Japanese at the University of Kentucky. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAkiko Takenaka is associate professor of Japanese history at the University of Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hideo Furukawa \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48311282892957,"sku":"9780231178693","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_bfc35ee1-1b2b-4872-8213-ce7d780df923.jpg?v=1779260388","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/horses-horses-in-the-end-the-light-remains-pure-a-tale-that-begins-with-fukushima-9780231178693","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}