Europe Editions, 2017 (cover).Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 23:09:04 Associated-names Powell, Allison Markin, translator Bookplateleaf 0008 Boxid IA40337319 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Nothing complicated, but entertaining and with many Japanese details. It is not Hiromi Kawakami’s most famous book, but worth reading on an easygoing Sunday afternoon. It‘s the absurdities of daily life and the love stories which make the novel a funny read. Persons are described mainly through dialogue and their often weird interaction. The storytelling is very light and easygoing. It takes three years that all protagonists will meet there again. Nakano returns to Tokyo and decides to close the thrift store in order to renew it. Masayo is left behind heartbroken.Īfter a while Mr. Maruyama, appears Hitomi learns that stupid behaviour is not limited to the youth when it comes to love. She is her counterpart, who manages every situation with coolness. The warm-hearted woman somehow adopts Hitomi and undertakes her education. Meanwhile his sister Masayo, an artist in her fifties takes over. When things get too complicated he hides in Sapporo for a while. He is struggling with his many affairs and is on the run. Sasaki, an elegant woman, managing an antique shop. Nakano regularly goes to the bank, which is actually meeting his affair Mrs. He focuses on money and women and is mainly characterized through his crankiness throughout the whole story. Hitomi, who does not know much about love and sex, wonders often about his strange behaviour.
Between both of them begins a love story with many complications. Hitomi, a young girl, works together with Takeo, a boy at her age. A thrift store in Tokyo is the scenery for this entertaining novel.
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