{"product_id":"the-nakano-thrift-shop","title":"The Nakano Thrift Shop","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of Strange Weather in Tokyo, here is a story of treasure hoarders, bargain hunters and would-be lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmong 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. And her fellow employees are just as curious as the items they sell. There's the store's owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally there's Hitomi's fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52033961066827,"sku":"R1507-2470","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/51YFqBfTBuL._SY445_SX342.jpg?v=1749551306","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/the-nakano-thrift-shop","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}