The Nakano thrift shop
Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-2016
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When Hitomi takes a job on the cash register of a neighbourhood thrift store, she finds herself drawn into a very idiosyncratic community. There is Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Masayo, Mr Nakano's sister, an artist who has never married; and her fellow employee Takeo, a shy but charming young man. Every day, customers from the neighbourhood pass in and out as curios are bought and sold, each one containing its own surprising story. When Hitomi and Takeo begin to fall for one another, they find themselves in the centre of their own drama - and on the edges of many others.
Main title:
The Nakano thrift shop / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
Author:
Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958-, authorPowell, Allison Markin, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Granta, 2016.London : Granta, 2016.
Collation:
256 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781846276002 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.636FICTION
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Subject:
BRN:
2355538