Nakano, on the other hand, openly discusses his sexual exploits, multiple marriages and trips to visit “the Bank”-his mistress-to the chagrin of his employees.) Frustrated by Takeo’s reticence and lack of attention, Hitomi visits Mr. Nakano’s unusual shop, Takeo is taciturn and reluctant he’s uninterested in sex. Though Hitomi and Takeo find friendship on the common ground of Mr. “People scare me,” confides Takeo, who wants companionship with Hitomi but nothing more. Kawakami ( Strange Weather in Tokyo, 2014, etc.) writes of Hitomi, a naïve cashier at the Nakano Thrift Shop, who falls for her co-worker, Takeo. In this quirky and episodic novel, a young woman yearns for love in a thrift store full of oddities and odd characters.
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