Publication Date: 01/06/2017 ISBN: 9781846276026 Category:

The Nakano Thrift Shop

Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell

Publisher: Granta Books
Publication Date: 01/06/2017 ISBN: 9781846276026 Category:
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From the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be lovers.

Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano’s thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss – or so it seems to Hitomi, when she takes a job there. And her fellow employees are just as curious as the items they sell. There’s the store’s owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies’ man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally there’s Hitomi’s fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming.

A beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary novelists.

‘A charming read’ Good Housekeeping
‘One for the holiday suitcase’ Vogue

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