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The Nakano Thrift Shop : A Novel by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (translation) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Nakano Thrift Shop : A Novel about?

This “gentle, humorous novel” follows a young Japanese woman as she yearns for the love of a reluctant coworker — The Wall Street JournalThe objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff & customers who handle them. But like those staff & customers, they hold many secrets. If examined carefully, they show the signs of innumerable extravagances, of immeasurable pleasure & pain, & of the deep mysteries of the human heart. Hitomi, the inexperienced young woman who works the register, has fallen for her coworker, the oddly reserved Takeo. Unsure of how to attract his attention, she seeks advice from her employer’s sister, Masayo, whose sentimental entanglements make her a somewhat unconventional guide. But thanks in part to Masayo, Hitomi will come to realize that love, desire, & intimacy require acceptance not only of idiosyncrasies but also of the delicate waltz between open & hidden secrets, in this novel from the author of Strange Weather in Tokyo that “captures an untranslatable Japanese mood” — New York Times “Uses a series of vignettes to chronicle a girl’s time working at Mr. Nakano’s secondhand store in Tokyo . . . Pleasant, leisurely prose.” —

Who reads The Nakano Thrift Shop : A Novel?

Author

Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (translation)

Publisher

Europa Editions, Incorporated

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781609454005

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.42 / 5 (362 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14