{"product_id":"masks","title":"Masks","description":"\u003cp\u003eFumiko Enchi's 1958 novel follows a widow and her mother-in-law as they move through Noh theater, sexual jealousy, and generational inheritance in postwar Japan. The masks of the title are literal props and also a way of thinking about the faces women are expected to wear. It is cool, controlled, and quietly merciless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnopf's edition, translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter, presents the novel in a compact hardcover format. A sharp introduction to a writer who deserves to be better known outside Japan; for readers who prefer their revenge served in a low voice, behind a painted smile.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabound","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48479533170900,"sku":"0394509455","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0802\/5410\/7860\/files\/9780394509457.webp?v=1786814545","url":"https:\/\/checkout.vagaboundbooks.com\/products\/masks","provider":"Vagabound","version":"1.0","type":"link"}