{"id":1781,"date":"2016-11-04T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-05T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/?post_type=product&#038;p=1781"},"modified":"2019-07-21T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T22:56:07","slug":"motions-and-moments-more-essays-on-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/product\/motions-and-moments-more-essays-on-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u00a02016 BIBA\u2122 Winner!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Motions and Moments is the third book by Michael Pronko on the fluid feel and vibrant confusions of Tokyo life. These 42 new essays burrow into the unique intensities that suffuse the city and ponder what they mean to its millions of inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Pronko\u2019s 18 years living, teaching and writing in Tokyo, these essays on how Tokyoites work, dress, commute, eat and sleep are steeped in insights into the city\u2019s odd structures, intricate pleasures and engaging undertow.<\/p>\n<p>Included are essays on living to size and loving the crowd, on Tokyo\u2019s dizzying uncertainties and daily satisfactions, and on the 2011 earthquake. As in his first two books, this collection captures the ceaseless flow and passing flashes of life in biggest city in the world with gentle humor and rich detail.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1929\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1929\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1929\" src=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-300x276.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Pronko in Tokyo with his award.\" width=\"300\" height=\"276\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-300x277.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-600x553.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-768x708.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-938x864.jpg 938w, https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-content\/uploads\/pronko-bib-560x516.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Pronko in Tokyo with his award.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u2b50\ufe0f\u00a02016 BIBA\u2122 Winner! Motions and Moments is the third book by Michael Pronko on the fluid feel and vibrant confusions of Tokyo life. These 42 new essays burrow into the unique intensities that suffuse the city and ponder what they mean to its millions of inhabitants. Based on Pronko\u2019s 18 years living, teaching and writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":712,"template":"","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_4417260021_4417260021":"","facebook_2752729431657742_150450788658353":"","facebook_2752729431657742_17841415386502662":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending"},"class_list":["post-1781","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","product_cat-biba-winners","product_cat-non-fiction","product_cat-28","product_tag-michael-pronko"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bestindiebookaward.com\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}