01450nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200180009110000210010924500340013026000320016430000240019636500620022052008560028265000210113865000260115965000280118570000190121320260202145550.0250106b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781786583239  cAL  aeng  223a823bYAGD  aSatoshi Yagisawa  aDays at the Morisaki Bookshop  aLondonbManilla Pressc2023  a169p.bPBc20x18cm.  2PhysicsaXIA4-155580b276.45c₹d285.00e3%f17-12-2024  ahere is an inexplicable comfort in reading a book that talks about books. It makes you travel down memory lane to revisit your journey as a reader and a book lover. You are gripped by a fuzzy familiarity and nostalgia. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is a bibliophile’s delight and reaffirms the reader’s faith in the life-changing power of books. Originally published in Japanese, it won the Chiyoda Literary Prize in 2008 and was a commercial success. The book was later adapted into a film.
The female protagonist, Takako, is struggling with heartbreak. Her boyfriend’s betrayal has hit her hard. She has resigned from her workplace as they were in the same company. Trapped in an unfamiliar abyss of great pain, sleeping becomes a coping mechanism. But an unexpected phone call from Satoru, her long-lost uncle, changes the course of her life.  aJapanese Fiction  aTranslated in English  amorisaki shoten no hibi  aOzawa, Eric Tr