The Nakano Thrift Shop

Author(s): Hiromi Kawakami

Translated Fiction

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 working behind the till. Nor are her fellow employees any less curious or weatherworn than 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.

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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

General Fields

  • : 9781846276026
  • : Granta
  • : Granta Books
  • : 0.194
  • : May 2017
  • : April 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Hiromi Kawakami
  • : Hiromi Kawakami
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 813
  • : 256
  • : FA