{"product_id":"swallows","title":"Swallows","description":"Swallows by Natsuo Kirino, translated by Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda, is a contemporary Japanese novel exploring surrogacy, class, gender, motherhood and bodily autonomy. Twenty-nine-year-old Riki has moved from the countryside to Tokyo but struggles to make ends meet in a dead-end job. When she is offered a large sum of money to become a surrogate, the opportunity seems impossible to refuse.Her intended clients are Motoi, a retired ballet star, and his wife Yuko, who have spent years trying to have a child. What begins as a straightforward commercial arrangement becomes increasingly complicated as Motoi and Yuko attempt to control Riki and the pregnancy. Their carefully constructed agreement begins to unravel, forcing questions about who owns a woman's body, who has the right to parent a child, and what happens when money and power determine reproductive choices. \r\n\r\n\r\nSet against contemporary Japan, Swallows is a sharp, psychologically compelling novel about economic inequality, patriarchal power, female autonomy and the commodification of fertility.\u0026amp;nbsp;","brand":"Natsuo Kirino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46158927953980,"sku":"9781837263028","price":3195.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/9781837263028.jpg?v=1789385580","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/swallows","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}