{"product_id":"9781782276722","title":"Ms Ice Sandwich","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKawakami, Mieko; Kawai, Louise Heal\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePushkin Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e8\/4\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA witty, moving story of adolescent love and loss from the acclaimed, prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBreasts and Eggs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Haruki  Murakami listed Kawakami as his favourite young writer, so you're going  to want to snatch up this lovely coming-of-age story about a boy who  becomes obsessed with a woman who sells sandwiches” — \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In her English language debut, “ceaselessly growing and evolving”novelist Mieko Kawakami renders an adolsecent voice with laser precision (Haruki Murakami).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Ms  Ice Sandwich” is a name I made up, of course. I thought of it the  minute I first saw her. Ms Ice Sandwich’s eyelids are always painted  with a thick layer of a kind of electric blue, exactly the same colour  as those hard ice lollies that have been sitting in our freezer since  last summer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young boy returns obsessively to a supermarket  sandwich counter, entranced by the beauty of the woman who works there.  Her aloof demeanour and electric blue eyelids make him feel the most  intense joy he's ever known. He calls her Ms Ice Sandwich, and he wants  nothing more than to spend his days watching her coolly slip sandwiches  into bags.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut the complexities of life keep getting in the way –  his beloved grandmother's illness is only getting worse, and his mother  seems to be totally ignoring it. There’s also his faltering friendship  with his classmate Tutti. As she invites him to join her in thrilling  games and fantasy, the boy begins to enter a whole new world of  imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWry, intimate and wonderfully skewed, \u003ci\u003eMs Ice Sandwich\u003c\/i\u003e is a poignant depiction of the naivety and wisdom of youth, just as it is passing.","brand":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44215918362879,"sku":"9781782276722","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781782276722_s600x595.jpg?v=1775593318","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781782276722","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}