{"product_id":"stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-amy-stanley","title":"Stranger in the Shoguns City: Amy Stanley","description":"\u003cp\u003eA groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's lives back in the historical picture Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of momentous change 'Compelling... Deeply absorbing'. The daughter of a Buddhist priest, Tsuneno was born in 1804 in a village in Japan's snow country and was expected to lead a life much like her mother's. Instead - after three divorces and with a temperament much too strong-willed for her family's approval - she ran away to follow her own path in Edo, the city we now call Tokyo. Stranger in the Shogun's City is a rare, captivating portrait of one woman as she endeavours to recreate herself and her life, and provides a window into the drama and excitement of Japan at a pivotal moment in history. 'Marvellous... Stanley builds up a picture of Tsuneno's world, immersing us in an experience akin to time travel' * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography 2020 * * Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Biography 2021 * * Winner of the PEN\/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography * * Longlisted for the HWA Non-Fiction Crown *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43572184023076,"sku":"9781784708139","price":26.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/whimsyandwonder.co.nz\/products\/stranger-in-the-shoguns-city-amy-stanley","provider":"Whimsy \u0026 Wonder","version":"1.0","type":"link"}