{"product_id":"penguin-classics-beautiful-star-0241441099","title":"Penguin Classics Beautiful Star.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0241441099\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Interplanetary, quite extraordinary . . . awash with dark humour and scenes of intense beauty' \u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful Star\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1962 tale of family, love, nuclear war and UFOs, and was considered by Mishima to be one of his very best books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated into English for the first time, this atmospheric black comedy tells the story of the Osugi family, who come to the sudden realization that each of them hails from a different planet: Father from Mars, mother from Jupiter, son from Mercury and daughter from Venus. This extra-terrestrial knowledge brings them closer together, and convinces them that they have a mission: to find others of their kind, and save humanity from the imminent threat of the atomic bomb...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeautiful Star.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eABISBOOK.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePenguin Classics.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51491062710560,"sku":"NEW0241441099","price":19.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":51491062743328,"sku":"USED0241441099","price":14.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/81G2l0KNg0L.jpg?v=1776372756","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/penguin-classics-beautiful-star-0241441099","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}