{"product_id":"the-painting-paperback","title":"The Painting - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNina Schuyler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1869 Japan, a young woman escapes the confines of her arranged marriage by painting memories of her lover on mulberry paper. She secretly wraps the painting around a ceramic pot that's bound for Europe. In France, a disenchanted young man works as a clerk at an import shop. When he opens the box from Japan, he discovers the brilliant watercolor of two lovers locked in an embrace under a plum tree. He steals the painting and hides it in his room. With each viewing, he sees something different, and gradually the painting transforms him. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet outside the new capital of Tokyo during the Meiji Restoration and in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, \u003ci\u003eThe Painting\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly imagined story of four characters whose lives are delicately and powerfully entwined: Ayoshi, the painter, pines for her lover as she dutifully attends to her husband; Ayoshi's husband, Hayashi, a government official who's been disfigured in a deadly fire, has his own well of secret yearnings; Jorgen, wounded by the war and by life, buries himself in work at the Paris shop; and the shop owner's sister, Natalia, who shows Jorgen the true message of the painting. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExquisitely written and utterly spellbinding, \u003ci\u003eThe Painting\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the enduring effect of art in ordinary life and marks the debut of a skilled stylist and first-rate storyteller.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.78 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 22, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106329936011,"sku":"9781616207786","price":38.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/rOe9caQZGJ9781616207786.webp?v=1780192220","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-painting-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}