{"product_id":"9781529153897","title":"May You Have Delicious Meals","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE AKUTAGAWA PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'So bracing, so strange and humane . . . I loved it.' SHARLENE TEO, author of PONTI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny . . . All the people in this novel are alive.' HIROMI KAWAKAMI, author of STRANGE WEATHER IN TOKYO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Witty and sharp . . . I devoured it.' NATALIE SUE, bestselling author of I HOPE THIS FINDS YOU WELL\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A slim but impactful novel that will make you laugh and think' DAZED\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe power dynamics of the office are never more obvious than when it comes to food: mandatory lunches with the boss, the colleague who tries to curry favour with home-baked goods, discovering the discarded remnants of someone else's late-night binge . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn their Saitama office, Ashikawa is the kind of woman Nitani knows he will likely marry: sweet, obliging, and determined to wean him off his addiction to instant noodles. But he finds himself increasingly unable to respect her - or the sugary treats she shares around the workplace, winning their colleagues' affection with baking rather than hard work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOshio is bolder and uninhibited - she is Nitani's drinking buddy. In the oppressive office atmosphere, the pair grows closer, both outsiders struggling with the rigid status quo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDriven to behave in increasingly absurd ways by the workplace rules that govern their lives, they must navigate the tensions of modern life: between leisure and hard work; indulgence and restraint; the promise of delicious food, and the reality of a lonely pot noodle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutchinson Heinemann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45261961101391,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":1050.0,"currency_code":"TWD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.tw\/products\/9781529153897","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Taiwan","version":"1.0","type":"link"}