{"product_id":"hardboiled-hard-luck-2","title":"Hardboiled \u0026 Hard Luck","description":"Hardboiled opens as the narrator, a woman in her thirties, treks high above her secluded mountain hotel. As so often in Yoshimoto's supremely atmospheric stories, it is memory that forms the backdrop against which the present unfolds. In this case, it is the memory of an old lover - the only woman she ever had intimate relations with - who died a year to the day previously. What unfolds is a night of intimation and blurred memory, disturbing signs and half-forgotten moments, as the narrator confronts the fears and the sense of loss that haunt her. In Hard Luck, we find another female narrator, this one keeping vigil by the side of her sister who lies in a coma. Together with her father and the brother of her sister's fiancé, they appear almost trapped in a void, as they wait for the sister's death. Collectively, the two stories brilliantly explore themes of love, loss, and the ties that bind.","brand":"Thryft Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":50494385684761,"sku":"X50811","price":11.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":50494385717529,"sku":"X50811","price":10.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":50494385750297,"sku":"X50811","price":9.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Well Read","offer_id":50494385783065,"sku":"X50811","price":8.9,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/files\/50172.jpg?v=1741183716","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/hardboiled-hard-luck-2","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}