Mina dagar i Morisakis bokhandel
3 stars
Charmig bagatell, men fascinerande med kvarter i Tokyo som domineras av bokhandlare och antikvariat.
160 pages
English language
Published July 20, 2023 by HarperCollins Publishers, Harper Perennial.
The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.
When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop.
Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. It is Satoru's pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier.
Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.
And as summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki …
The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.
When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop.
Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. It is Satoru's pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier.
Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.
And as summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.
Apollo reviewed Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Eric Ozawa
Slice of Life, Books & Relationships
3 stars
The book opens with a woman falling in love with books after heartache and continues through the web of relationships surrounding the bookshop. It's an immersive slice of life experience.
The book opens with a woman falling in love with books after heartache and continues through the web of relationships surrounding the bookshop. It's an immersive slice of life experience.
Jim Rion reviewed Days at the Morisaki Bookshop by Eric Ozawa
How peaceful
5 stars
Not a lot goes on, but sometimes that's all right. It's a peaceful, heartfelt, loving book.
Not a lot goes on, but sometimes that's all right. It's a peaceful, heartfelt, loving book.