{"product_id":"isolarii-17","title":"Isolarii #17","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e72 x 108 mm (tiny!), 324 pages\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBi-monthly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFirst published in 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor: \u003c\/strong\u003eSebastian Clark\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTranslator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Adam Sutherland\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCover by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Alaska Alaska\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e‘Dunderhead’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eA series by Common Era, the seventeenth edition of the diminutive \u003ci\u003eIsolarii\u003c\/i\u003e (meaning ‘island texts’) arrives wrapped in a hair-textured forest green cover, adorned with the press’s signature font in hot pink.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003ePublished with the support of the Japan House London Trust, \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e‘Dunderhead’ marks the English-language debut of 92-year-old Japanese writer Tomoko Yoshida. Known for her award-winning, ‘clinically precise’ yet surreal prose, Yoshida paints worlds filled with darkness and tragedy, with quiet affection for the ‘dunderheads’ who inhabit them. Drawn from work written between 1966 and 1967, the three stories within mark a long overdue landmark English-language introduction to of one of the most singular voices of the Japanese avant-garde, celebrating a prolific career spanning over six decades.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOn the Journal: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt’s this one thing (on \u003cem\u003eIsolarii\u003c\/em\u003e #5): ‘Each edition of the tiniest publication on magCulture’s shelves,\u003cem\u003e isolarii\u003c\/em\u003e, is by its very nature a (miniaturised, printed) cousin of the ‘It’s this one thing’ column. Published once every two months, the series is ‘a world of many worlds’ where, with each new addition, a different niche subject is rather beautifully and deftly explored...’\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/magculture.com\/blogs\/journal\/isolarri-5?_pos=1\u0026amp;_sid=7cd3e06d3\u0026amp;_ss=r\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eREAD MORE\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.isolarii.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eisolarii.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"magCulture","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45418647552109,"sku":null,"price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7889\/files\/Isolarii_17.jpg?v=1782922524","url":"https:\/\/magculture.com\/products\/isolarii-17","provider":"magCulture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}