{"product_id":"the-three-crabs-uk-import","title":"The Three Crabs (UK Import)","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The dark waves were eerie, the water as deep and warm as the mouth of some vast leviathan, enveloping them with the warmth of a giant tongue. They were large, tepid waves that sucked them in and choked them. In the pale light of daybreak, they felt as beautiful as mermaids.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey were just the right age to be mermaids.”The Three Crabs is a story of rootlessness and dissolution set in Vietnam-era America centred around a party and crucial 24 hours in the life of a housewife. It focusses on a group of Japanese diaspora friends – their rivalries, their foibles, their infidelities – but its subject overall is America and what it does to people, culture, and senses of belonging. Sensitively translated, it has subtle shades of Carver after Lish; Fitzgerald, Richard Yates, but a sensibility all its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it were a painting, it might be a Hopper; if it were a series, it might be Madmen, but viewed and framed by a Japanese eye.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48157988421789,"sku":null,"price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0671\/8783\/5037\/files\/threecrabs.jpg?v=1778368675","url":"https:\/\/postcardbookshop.com\/products\/the-three-crabs-uk-import","provider":"Postcard Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}