{"product_id":"dont-laugh-at-other-peoples-sex-lives-isbn-9781638932703","title":"Don't Laugh at Other People's Sex Lives","description":"\u003cb\u003eA love story that feels both new and achingly true from one of Japan’s most acclaimed writers, capturing the intensity, uncertainties, and intimacy of falling for someone for the first time.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArt student Isogai first models for one of his tutors, the much older Yuri, then begins a passionate affair with her. As he gets to know her better, he struggles to understand his own emotions and place in the world, just as he yearns to be closer to her and for her to share more of herself with him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA touching portrait of late adolescence, with Isogai captured with exasperation, humor, and tenderness, \u003ci\u003eDon't Laugh at Other People's Sex Lives\u003c\/i\u003e is also, and above all else, an exploration of the exhilarating and destabilizing experience of a first love that defies prediction or explanation.“First love is perfectly imperfect, and Yamazaki renders it here with all the charm and respect that it deserves. This is for anyone who has ever loved another, from near or far—a story full of nostalgia and beauty and hope.\" \u003cb\u003e—Sarah Jessica Parker, SJP Lit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNao-Cola Yamazaki \u003c\/b\u003e(Yamazaki Nao-Cola) is a Japanese writer. They pride themselves on writing “things no one else can say in words anyone can understand”. They have won the Bungei Prize and the Shimase Award for Love Stories and been nominated multiple times for the Akutagawa Prize. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly Barton \u003c\/b\u003eis a Japanese writer and translator. Her translations include \u003ci\u003eHunchback\u003c\/i\u003e by Saou Ichikawa and \u003ci\u003eThere’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job\u003c\/i\u003e by Kikuko Tsumura. Her translation of Asako Yuzuki’s \u003ci\u003eButter\u003c\/i\u003e was named Waterstones Book of the Year 2024. She is the author of two nonfiction books, \u003ci\u003eFifty Sounds\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePorn: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e, and a novel, \u003ci\u003eWhat Am I, a Deer?\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"SJP Lit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233108865253,"sku":"NP9781638932703","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781638932703.jpg?v=1767725519","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/dont-laugh-at-other-peoples-sex-lives-isbn-9781638932703","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}