{"product_id":"susaki-paradise","title":"Susaki Paradise","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Japan in 1955, Yoshiko Shibaki’s \u003cem\u003eSusaki Paradise\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of six interlinked short stories revolving around the ramshackle Bar Chigusa and its no-nonsense landlady, Tokuko.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis outpost on the edge of the canal leading to Susaki Paradise—once an illustrious pleasure quarter, and now a patch of dilapidated brothels—is a meeting place for those teetering on the edge of desperation and ruin, including a newly-recruited fifteen-year-old whose girlish innocence is shattered in a matter of days, a former prostitute who yearns to own her own brothel, a barmaid torn between a suicidal boyfriend and a lothario with a motorbike. What unites the women in these stories is the uncompromising urgency with which they go about their lives amid the challenges of the post-war period. A bracing look at the dreams of those whose profession it is to sustain the fantasies of men, the stories in this collection formed the inspiration behind Yūzo Kawashima’s \u003cem\u003eSuzaki Paradise: Red Light\u003c\/em\u003e and Kenji Mizoguchi’s \u003cem\u003eStreet of Shame\u003c\/em\u003e (both 1956).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the hands of Yoshiko Shibaki (1914–1991)—the second woman to win Japan’s esteemed Akutagawa Prize—these precarious, transient women living on the outskirts of society are handled with a disarming and devastating combination of realism, lyricism, and savage humour. This book marks the first appearance of Yoshiko Shibaki’s writing in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Moeko Fujii\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Polly Barton\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: UK, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Another Gaze Editions\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages: 226\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 10: 1036973204\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN 13: 9781036973209\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yoshiko Shibaki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52866039513354,"sku":null,"price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781036973209.webp?v=1776176562","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/susaki-paradise","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}