{"product_id":"south-of-the-border-west-of-the-sun","title":"South of the Border, West of the Sun","description":"\u003cdiv data-testid=\"description\" class=\"BookPageMetadataSection__description\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--large\" data-testid=\"contentContainer\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eBorn in 1951 in an affluent Tokyo suburb, Hajime -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeginning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein Japanese - has arrived at middle age wanting for almost nothing. The postwar years have brought him a fine marriage, two daughters, and an enviable career as the proprietor of two jazz clubs. Yet a nagging sense of inauthenticity about his success threatens Hajime's happiness. And a boyhood memory of a wise, lonely girl named Shimamoto clouds his heart.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth of the Border, West of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, the simple arc of a man's life - with its attendant rhythms of success and disappointment - becomes the exquisite literary tableau of Haruki Murakami's most haunting work. When Shimamoto shows up one rainy night, now a breathtaking beauty with a secret from which she is unable to escape, the fault lines of doubt in Hajime's quotidian existence begin to give way. And the details of stolen moments past and present - a Nat King Cole melody, a face pressed against a window, a handful of ashes drifting downriver to the sea - threaten to undo him completely. Rich, mysterious, quietly dazzling,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth of the Border, West of the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Haruki Murakami's wisest and most compelling work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"TruncatedContent__gradientOverlay\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"Button__container\"\u003e\u003cbutton type=\"button\" class=\"Button Button--tertiary Button--medium\" aria-label=\"Tap to show more book description\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003eShow more\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Button__labelItem\"\u003e\u003ci class=\"Icon ChevronIcon\"\u003e\u003csvg viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\"\u003e\u003cpath d=\"M8.70710678,9.27397892 C8.31658249,8.90867369 7.68341751,8.90867369 7.29289322,9.27397892 C6.90236893,9.63928415 6.90236893,10.2315609 7.29289322,10.5968662 L12,15 L16.7071068,10.5968662 C17.0976311,10.2315609 17.0976311,9.63928415 16.7071068,9.27397892 C16.3165825,8.90867369 15.6834175,8.90867369 15.2928932,9.27397892 L12,12.3542255 L8.70710678,9.27397892 Z\" transform=\"rotate(0 12 12)\"\u003e\u003c\/path\u003e\u003c\/svg\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Reading House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45296686170293,"sku":"","price":328.9,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0701\/4835\/8325\/files\/Untitleddesign-2025-03-02T134011.911.png?v=1744630599","url":"https:\/\/www.booksdeals.pk\/products\/south-of-the-border-west-of-the-sun","provider":"Booksdeals.pk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}