{"product_id":"9781784875442","title":"The Housekeeper and the Professor (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Ogawa, Yoko \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 October 2019 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Vintage Classic Japanese Series' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e190 x 161 x 16 | 182g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of those books written in such lucid, unpretentious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elanguage that reading it is like looking into a deep pool of clear\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewater...Dive into Yoko Ogawa's world and you find yourself tugged by forces\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore felt than seen' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eanother. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eher ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eaffection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethan memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003egorgeous new gift editions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41664653033659,"sku":"9781784875442","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9781784875442.jpg?v=1713544674","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.live\/products\/9781784875442","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}