{"product_id":"autumn-light","title":"Autumn Light","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it''s their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law''s sudden death, Pico Iyer soon picks up the steadying patterns of his everyday rites: going to the post office in the day and engaging in spirited games of ping-pong in the evenings. But in a country whose calendar is marked with occasions honouring the dead, he soon finds himself grappling with the question we all have to live with: how to hold on to the things we love even though we know that they – and we – are dying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the maple leaves begin to turn and the heat starts to soften, Iyer shows us a Japan we have seldom seen before through the season that reminds us to take nothing for granted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57316845420926,"sku":"NW9781526611468","price":11.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781526611468.jpg?v=1779984262","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/autumn-light","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}