{"product_id":"watersong","title":"Watersong","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePraise\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA mesmerising novel set in Japan, by the author of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/rainbirds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRainbirds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-perfect-world-of-miwako-sumida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perfect World of Miwako Sumida\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, about a young man trying to escape his past. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Shouji Arai crosses one of his company's most powerful clients, he must leave Akakawa immediately or risk his life. But his girlfriend Youko is nowhere to be found. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHaunted by dreams of drowning and the words of a fortune teller who warned him away from three women with water in their names, he travels to Tokyo, where he tries in vain to track Youko down. But Shouji soon realises that not everything Youko told him about herself was true. Who is the real woman he once lived with and loved, and where could she be hiding? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatersong\u003c\/em\u003e is a spellbinding novel of loves lost and recovered, of secrets never spoken, and of how our pasts shape our futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eWatersong\u003c\/em\u003e transports the reader to worlds both familiar and unknown. Clarissa Goenawan's crisp narration and vivid characters made this novel feel like a lingering dream. This is an intriguing and soul-stirring story about how we reconcile with our pasts.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_balli-kaur-jaswa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eBalli Kaur Jaswal\u003c\/a\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Haunting, dreamy, and deeply atmospheric, \u003cem\u003eWatersong\u003c\/em\u003e is a jewel box of a novel, spilling forth with stories within stories, each a perfect, gleaming tribute to lost love, past secrets, and the enduring quest for human connection amidst it all.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_kirstin-chen\"\u003eKirstin \u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/collections\/authors\/author_kirstin-chen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eChen\u003c\/a\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e Soy Sauce for Beginners\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"An atmospheric mystery, elegantly told.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—Winnie M. Li, author of \u003cem\u003eDark Chapter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClarissa Goenawan\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Indonesian-born Singaporean writer and translator. Her award-winning short stories have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies in Singapore, Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Italy, the UK, and the US. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/rainbirds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRainbirds\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, her debut novel, has been published in eleven different languages. Her second novel, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/the-perfect-world-of-miwako-sumida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Perfect World of Miwako Sumida\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003c\/a\u003e came out in 2020. \u003cem\u003eWatersong\u003c\/em\u003e is her third novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39831251386481,"sku":"9781914484117","price":27.99,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/9781914484117.jpg?v=1657080597","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/watersong","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}