{"product_id":"9781641294911","title":"The Night of Baba Yaga","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fierce mixed-race fighter develops a powerful attachment to the yakuza princess she’s been forced to protect in this explosive queer thriller: \u003ci\u003eKill Bill \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThe Handmaiden \u003c\/i\u003emeets \u003ci\u003eThelma and Louise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTokyo, 1979. Yoriko Shindo, a workhorse of a woman who has been an outcast her whole life, is kidnapped and dragged to the lair of the Naiki-kai, a branch of the yakuza. After she savagely fends off a throng of henchmen in an attempt to escape, Shindo is only permitted to live under one condition: that she will become the bodyguard and driver for Shoko Naiki, the obsessively sheltered daughter of the gang’s boss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEighteen-year-old Shoko, pretty and silent as a doll, has no friends, wears strangely old-fashioned clothes, and is completely naive in all matters of life. Originally disdaining her ward, Shindo soon finds herself far more invested in Shoko’s well-being than she ever expected. But every man around them is bloodthirsty and trigger-happy. Shindo doubts she and Shoko will survive much longer if nothing changes. Could there ever be a different life for two women like them?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAkira Otani’s English-language debut moves boldly through time and across gender, stretching the definitions and possibilities of each concept. Rendered in a gorgeous translation by International Booker–shortlisted Sam Bett, this lean, mean thriller proves that bonds forged in fire are unbreakable.","brand":"AKIRA OTANI","offers":[{"title":"Soho Press |  Hardback  |  2024-07-02","offer_id":45178112344319,"sku":"9781641294911","price":36.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_477d25d4-9096-4e99-b3de-9c4c09a23617.jpg?v=1712945516","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781641294911","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}