- Editorial:
- BONNIER BOOKS
- Matèria:
- Ficció
- ISBN:
- 978-1-78658-323-9
- EAN:
- 9781786583239
- Pàgines:
- 170
- Idioma:
- ANGLES
DAYS AT THE MORISAKI BOOKSHOP
Twenty-five-year-old Takako has enjoyed a relatively easy existenceuntil the day her charming boyfriend Kashikoi, the man she expected to wed, casually announces hes been cheating on her and is marrying the other woman. Suddenly, Takakos life is in freefall. She loses her job, her friends, and her acquaintances, and spirals into a deep depression. In the depths of her despair, she receives a call from her distant uncle Ojisan. An unusual man who has always pursued something of an unconventional life, especially after his wife Momoko left him out of the blue five years earlier, Ojisan runs a second-hand bookshop in Jimbocho, Tokyos famous book district. Takako once looked down upon Ojisans life. Now, she reluctantly accepts his offer of the tiny room above the bookshop rent-free in exchange for helping out at the store. The move is temporary, until she can get her old life back. But in the months that follow, Takako surprises herself when she develops a passion for Japanese literature, becomes a regular at a local coffee shop where she befriends a graduate student, and eventually meets a young editor from a nearby publishing house whos going through his own messy breakup.
