The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (Translator)

The Nakano Thrift Shop by Hiromi Kawakami, Allison Markin Powell (Translator)Among 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. Nor 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

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