The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

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

Format:Paperback / softback 256 pages
Publisher:Granta Books
Imprint:Granta Books
ISBN:9781846276026
Published:1 Jun 2017
Classifications:Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Fiction in translation
Weight:198g