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The Nakano thrift shop / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.

The Nakano thrift shop / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
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ISBN 9781846276002 (paperback)
1846276004 (paperback)
Name Kawakami, Hiromi, 1958- author.
Uniform title Furudogu Nakano shoten. English
Title The Nakano thrift shop / Hiromi Kawakami ; translated by Allison Markin Powell.
Published London : Portobello Books, 2016.
©2016
Description 260 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes Originally published in Japan in 2005 under the title Furudogu Nakano Shoten by Bungei Shunju, Tokyo.
Summary 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. A tender and affecting exploration of the mystery that lurks in the ordinary, this novel traces the seemingly imperceptible threads that weave together a community, and the knots that bind us to one another.
Subjects Thrift shops -- Fiction
Community life -- Japan -- Tokyo -- Fiction
Interpersonal relations -- Fiction
Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction
Genre Domestic fiction
Other Names Powell, Allison Markin translator.
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