{"product_id":"birthday-isbn-9781932234824","title":"Birthday","description":"Basis of the Hit Movie \u003ci\u003eRing 0: Birthday\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBirthday is \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e-master Koji Suzuki’s return to the \u003ci\u003eRing \u003c\/i\u003euniverse, a collection of short stories focusing on the female characters with a theme of birth. An exploration of extraordinary circumstances from the perspective of memorable women, this expansion of the \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpiral\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e world was adapted into a hit movie less than a year after the book’s publication.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThirty years before the tragic events of \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, Sadako Yamamura was an aspiring stage actress on the verge of her theatrical debut. The beautiful and ravishing Sadako was the object of every male’s desire involved with the company including n the director. There was one thespian she was interested in, but… \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast forward past the events of \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, Ryuji Takayama’ s distraught lover, Mai Takano is struggling in the wake of the professor’s mysterious demise. Mai visits Ryuji’s parents’ house to find the missing pages of his soon-to-be published article. There she is drawn to a curious videotape and a fate more terrifying than Ryuji or Kazuyuki Asakawa’s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReiko Sugiura questioned the purpose of bringing a child into a world where there was only death. She already lost one son, and the father of her unborn child, Kaoru Futami, had disappeared in search of a cure to the deadly disease that threatened all life. Despite Kaoru’s to meet again in two months, he has not returned. Despondent but driven for answers Reiko is led to the Loop project, where she will discover the final truths of the Ring virus.\"Suzuki has a flair for cinematic descriptions that leap off the page, resulting ingripping stories that just might give you nightmares.\" - \u003ci\u003eMark Rifkin  mark.rifkin@twi-ny.com.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If the “interpretation of dreams are the royal road to the unconscious,” as Sigmund Freud once said, \u003ci\u003eBirthday\u003c\/i\u003e by Koji Suzuki is a highway to the horrors of human evil.” — \u003ci\u003eForeword Magazine\u003c\/i\u003eKoji Suzuki was born in 1957 in Hamamatsu, southwest of Tokyo. He attended Keio University where he majored in French. After graduating he held numerous odd jobs, including a stint as a cram school teacher. Also a self-described jock, he holds a first-class yachting license and crossed the U.S., from Key West to Los Angeles, on his motorcycle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe father of two daughters, Suzuki is a respected authority on childrearing and has written numerous works on the subject. He acquired his expertise when he was a struggling writer and househusband. Suzuki also has translated a children's book into Japanese, \u003ci\u003eThe Little Sod Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e by the crime novelist Simon Brett.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1990, Suzuki's first full-length work, \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e won the Japanese Fantasy Novel Award and launched his career as a fiction writer. \u003ci\u003eRing\u003c\/i\u003e, written with a baby on his lap, catapulted him to fame, and the multi-million selling sequels \u003ci\u003eSpiral \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLoop\u003c\/i\u003e cemented his reputation as a world-class talent. Often called the \"Stephen King of Japan,\" Suzuki has played a crucial role in establishing mainstream credentials for horror novels in his country. He is based in Tokyo but loves to travel, often in the United States. \u003ci\u003eBirthday\u003c\/i\u003e is his sixth novel to appear in English.","brand":"Vertical","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299993669861,"sku":"NP9781932234824","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781932234824.jpg?v=1767722654","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/birthday-isbn-9781932234824","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}