{"product_id":"dont-laugh-at-other-peoples-sex-lives-by-nao-cola-yamazaki","title":"Don't Laugh at Other People's Sex Lives by Nao-Cola Yamazaki","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA love story that feels both new and achingly true, capturing the intensity, uncertainties and intimacy of falling for someone.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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 his place in the world, just as he yearns to be closer to her and for her to share more of herself with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon’t Laugh at Other People’s Sex Lives\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas a smash-hit in Japan, winning the prestigious Bungei Prize, and selling over 250,000 copies. A touching portrait of late adolescence, with Isogai captured with exasperation, humour and tenderness, it is also, and above all else, an exploration of the exhilarating and destabilising experience of a love that defies prediction or explanation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\"\u003e‘A story full of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\"\u003enostalgia and beauty\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand hope. First love is perfectly imperfect, and Yamazaki\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\"\u003erenders\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW110950163 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eit here with all the charm and respect that it deserves.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSarah Jessica Parker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW110950163 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"201341983\":0,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":259}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003eSlyly transgressive, singularly weird – a happy\/sad confection of innocence to unsettling experience, and big feelings that go\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003ealmost totally\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eunsaid. Reminded me of Francoise Sagan’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003eBonjour Tristesse\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003emixed with Bae Suah’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003eNowhere to Be Found\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW203950664 BCX8\"\u003e.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharlene Teo\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"EOP SCXW203950664 BCX8\" data-ccp-props='{\"134233117\":false,\"134233118\":false,\"335559738\":0,\"335559739\":0}'\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A strange and beguiling love affair, one rich in all the distances and intimacies that pull new lovers together. I loved it. I haven’t devoured something like that in a long time.’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNaomi Wood\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication: 9 Apr 2026, Daunt Books\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781917092357\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExtent: 80 pages\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David's Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57128514158974,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/0892\/5225\/files\/9781917092357.jpg?v=1773668255","url":"https:\/\/www.davids-bookshops.co.uk\/products\/dont-laugh-at-other-peoples-sex-lives-by-nao-cola-yamazaki","provider":"David's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}