The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami

The Nakano Thrift Shop is more of a downmarket store, so Masayo forces Mr. For example, in the ninth story, “Bowl,” a young man tries to get rid of a valuable antique bowl, which he believes has been cursed by an ex-girlfriend. In other stories, an unusual customer provides a break from the store’s daily routine. Nakano travels to Hokkaido on a buying trip and becomes involved in a one-sided love affair, amusing Hitomi with the messages he sends back to the shop. Nakano bribes Hitomi to go visit Masayo and get gossip about her new lover, which sparks a friendship between the two women.

Nakano whose mishaps and shenanigans serve as the focal point or punchline of each story. Hitomi is short-tempered and cagey, Takeo is passive and uncommunicative, and Masayo is chatty and expansive, but it is the stubborn and befuddled Mr. The twelve loosely connected stories in The Nakano Thrift Shop are about the strange and silly things that happen to this odd group of characters, whose small dramas for the most part seem to exist outside of the specifics of time and place. Nakano’s sister Masayo, an artist of independent means. While she watches the store and works the till, a young man around her age, Takeo, accompanies Mr. Hitomi works at the Nakano Thrift Shop, which is run by a middle-aged man named, unsurprisingly, Mr. Publication Year: 2017 (United Kingdom) 2005 (Japan) Japanese Title: 古道具中野商店　( Furudōgu Nakano Shoten)

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami