{"product_id":"9781915628008","title":"How Kyoto Breaks Your Heart","description":"20-something and uncertain about her future, Florentyna Leow is exhilarated when an old acquaintance offers her an opportunity for work and cohabitation in a little house in the hills of Kyoto.Florentyna begins a new job as a tour guide, taking tourists on elaborate and expensive trips around Kyoto’s cultural hotspots. Amidst the busy tourist traps and overrun temples, Florentyna develops her own personal map of the city: a favourite smoky jazz kissa; a top-shelf katsuobushi loving cat; an elderly lady named Yamaguchi-san, who shares her sweets and gives Florentyna a Japanese name.Meanwhile, her relationship with her new companion develops an intensity as they live and work together. Their little kitchen, the epicenter of their shared life, overlooks a community garden dominated by a fruitful persimmon tree. Their relationship burns bright, but seasons change, the persimmon tree out back loses its fruit, and things grow strange between the two women.","brand":"Florentyna Leow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47677974217022,"sku":"9781915628008","price":319.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781915628008_ba983d3b-14b8-4c4f-95db-e6948213768c.jpg?v=1707647899","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781915628008","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}