{"product_id":"9781957363622","title":"Birth Canal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis dazzling novella from a rising star of Indonesian literature explores generational legacies, lost loves, the damage that war does to men, and the damage that men do to women.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn today’s Jakarta, an unnamed man tells the story of his lifelong friend Nastiti, and what happened on the day she vanished. In the Dutch East Indies’ Semarang, a young Indo-Dutch girl, Rukmini, is captured by the Japanese military and is forced into prostitution. Years later, Arini travels to the Netherlands to share her mother’s dark past with a researcher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter the American occupation of Japan in WWII ends, a former war photographer revisits his memories of Hanako, the wife of a traumatised ex-Imperial soldier, but can’t escape his own darkness. And in present-day Osaka, a young Indonesian woman, Dara, haunted by her past and struggling to conceive, becomes obsessed with a Japanese porn star.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull of surprising turns, and in stunning prose, \u003cem\u003eBirth Canal\u003c\/em\u003e tells the interwoven stories of women that span time and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dias Novita Wuri","offers":[{"title":"Scribe Publications |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2023-09-15","offer_id":44230082625791,"sku":"9781957363622","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_32978f54-5c58-477c-a6e2-c834e98d3d91.jpg?v=1700681387","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781957363622","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}