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# The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

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The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel [Kawakami, Hiromi, Powell, Allison Markin] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Nakano Thrift Shop: A Novel

Review: Quirky, cute, well-written - A series of vignettes which together tell the story of four main characters at an offbeat store in Japan. The stories are well told and often bittersweet. The customers are just as quirky as the main characters, but all of them are unforgettable. An extremely enjoyable read.
Review: Sensitive - Nakano's, a shop filled with ordinary everyday items and the occasional astounding work of art. The people working and shopping there are portrayed as sensitively and objectively as the items for sale in the shop would be examined by an experienced dealer. Everyday people, flawed and funny, handled gently in masterful language by Ms Kawakami, sensitively translate by Ms Powell. The narrative pace mirrors the pace of sales at the shop, at times slow and thoughtful, and at other times swift and eventful. A novel to be savored like fine wine.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #764,224 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,296 in Friendship Fiction (Books) #2,601 in Literary Fiction (Books) #2,705 in Humorous Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars (1,485) |
| Dimensions  | 5.33 x 0.69 x 8.22 inches |
| ISBN-10  | 1609453999 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-1609453992 |
| Item Weight  | 10.4 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 224 pages |
| Publication date  | June 6, 2017 |
| Publisher  | Europa Editions |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Quirky, cute, well-written
*by A***R on April 29, 2019*

A series of vignettes which together tell the story of four main characters at an offbeat store in Japan. The stories are well told and often bittersweet. The customers are just as quirky as the main characters, but all of them are unforgettable. An extremely enjoyable read.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sensitive
*by O***Y on April 28, 2022*

Nakano's, a shop filled with ordinary everyday items and the occasional astounding work of art. The people working and shopping there are portrayed as sensitively and objectively as the items for sale in the shop would be examined by an experienced dealer. Everyday people, flawed and funny, handled gently in masterful language by Ms Kawakami, sensitively translate by Ms Powell. The narrative pace mirrors the pace of sales at the shop, at times slow and thoughtful, and at other times swift and eventful. A novel to be savored like fine wine.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Enjoyable but a little flat
*by J***L on February 28, 2022*

There's a recent sub genre coming out of Asia (mostly Japan and S. Korea from what I've read) that I call "Flat-Affect" literature. It's comprised of characters to whom things happen, rather than characters who make things happen. The characters seem, also, on the verge of emotion, but never quite seem to get there, and any sense of plot is peripheral to the overall meaning of the novel. Sayaka Murata, Cho Nam-Joo, and Banana Yashimoto are all very good at this (I strongly recommend Murata's Convenience Store Woman). I find The Nakano Thrift Shop to be a poorer example. The characters weren't quite as interesting as I'd hoped for, the events and relationships are overly bland (even for Flat-Affect), and the items in the store around which the chapters revolve aren't really metaphorically meaningful. It's okay, but not great, especially compared to other authors' similarly themed novels.

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