{"product_id":"the-hole-9780811228879","title":"The Hole","description":"Asa's husband is transferring jobs, and his new office is located near his family's home in the countryside. During an exceptionally hot summer, the young married couple move in, and Asa does her best to quickly adjust to their new rural lives, to their remoteness, to the constant presence of her in-laws and the incessant buzz of cicadas. While her husband is consumed with his job, Asa is left to explore her surroundings on her own: she makes trips to the supermarket, halfheartedly looks for work, and tries to find interesting ways of killing time.\u003cbr\u003e One day, while running an errand for her mother-in-law, she comes across a strange creature, follows it to the embankment of a river, and ends up falling into a hole--a hole that seems to have been made specifically for her. This is the first in a series of bizarre experiences that drive Asa deeper into the mysteries of this rural landscape filled with eccentric characters and unidentifiable creatures, leading her to question her role in this world, and eventually, her sanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hiroko Oyamada\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/06\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811228879\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOyamada, Hiroko:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Hiroshima in 1983, \u003cstrong\u003eHiroko Oyamada\u003c\/strong\u003e won the Shincho Prize for New Writers for \u003cem\u003eThe Factory\u003c\/em\u003e, which was drawn from her experiences working as a temp for an automaker's subsidiary. Her novel \u003cem\u003eThe Hole \u003c\/em\u003ewon Akutagawa Prize.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoyd, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Boyd\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Japanese at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He has translated stories by Genichiro Takahashi, Masatsugu Ono and Toh EnJoe, among others. His translation of Hideo Furukawa's \u003cem\u003eSlow Boat\u003c\/em\u003e won the 2017\/2018 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. With Sam Bett, he is cotranslating the novels of Mieko Kawakami.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Hiroko Oyamada \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47280821272733,"sku":"9780811228879","price":29.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_200deff7-3688-4f8e-8a81-85cb96f7e0bf.jpg?v=1759921798","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-hole-9780811228879","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}