The Nakano Thrift Shop
This "gentle, humorous novel" follows a young Japanese woman as she yearns for the love of a reluctant coworker ( The Wall Street Journal). The objects for sale at the Nakano Thrift Shop appear as commonplace as the staff and…
Strange Weather in Tokyo
Tsukiko is in her late thirties and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, Sensei, in a bar. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food…
People from My Neighborhood
Nominated for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Award From the author of the internationally bestselling Strange Weather in Tokyo, a collection of interlinking stories that masterfully blend the mundane and the mythical—"fairy tales in the best Brothers Grimm tradition: naïf, magical,…