{"product_id":"shinkiro-yoshikazu-aizawa-king-koala-press-2024","title":"Shinkiro | Yoshikazu Aizawa | King Koala Press 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this book the photos by Yoshikazu Aizawa are structured to mirror the short story Shinkiro (Mirage) by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, one of the final works by this author who was active in the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Among The so-called “plotless” novels, those of Akutagawa’s last period, we can find Shinkirō (Mirage). This is a short story that appeared in a magazine in 1927. The protagonist speaks in the first person about a trip he made with friends to Kugenuma Beach (near Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture) to witness the phenomenon of mirages. Nothing appears that day. Walking along the shoreline, however, the group of friends finds a piece of wood placed in memory of someone who died at sea. Some time later, the protagonist returns to the same spot with his wife and a friend and this time he hears the sound of a bell preceding the mirage. The mirage is a natural optical illusion. An unreal phenomenon that escapes from canonical logic in that it exists in order not to exist. The point of view is an individual concept, a perception of one’s own way of seeing. The mirage involves everyone, but each character has his or her own different and modified perception of the unreal itself, just as he or she has of the real. Referring to this paradigm as well, we have taken inspiration from Akutagawa’s short story to present photos of Aizawa, model Nao, and the universe around them.\"\u003c\/em\u003e - From publisher's statement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"buonaideabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54179684122952,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0039\/3258\/6048\/files\/DSCN7641cover_Grande_60338dcc-a9c7-440d-b79f-6fd66e9db617.jpg?v=1790801044","url":"https:\/\/www.buonaideabooks.com\/products\/shinkiro-yoshikazu-aizawa-king-koala-press-2024","provider":"buonaideabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}