{"product_id":"the-nakano-thrift-shop-hiromi-kawakami","title":"The Nakano Thrift Shop - Hiromi Kawakami","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong 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 working behind the till.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNor are her fellow employees any less curious or weatherworn than 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Nakano Thrift Shop\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eType: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition: Good condition, general wear and tear\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMarks\/Annotations: slight stain mark on back cover, no annotations\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage count: 260 pages \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"litsy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54078074913067,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/1001\/0155\/files\/43.png?v=1783489966","url":"https:\/\/lit-sy.com\/products\/the-nakano-thrift-shop-hiromi-kawakami","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}