{"product_id":"stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-amy-stanley-9781784708139","title":"Stranger in the Shogun's City","description":"Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change\n'Compelling... Deeply absorbing' Guardian\nThe daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a village in Japan's snow country and was expected to lead a life much like her mother's. Instead - after three divorces and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approval - she ran away to follow her own path in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo.\nStranger in the Shogun's City is a rare, captivating portrait of one woman as she endeavours to recreate herself and her life, and provides a window into the drama and excitement of Japan at a pivotal moment in history.\n'Marvellous... Stanley builds up a picture of Tsuneno's world, immersing us in an experience akin to time travel' TLS\n* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 2020 *\n* Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2021 *\n* Winner of the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography *\n* Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50548461764896,"sku":"9781784708139","price":11.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781784708139.jpg?v=1765380305","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-amy-stanley-9781784708139","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}