A novel about a second-hand shop in Tokyo and the community surrounding it, exploring the mystery that lurks in the ordinary. From the author of "Strange Weather In Tokyo".
ALLISON MARKIN POWELL has been awarded grants from English PEN and the NEA, and the 2020 PEN America Translation Prize for The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino. Her translations include works by Osamu Dazai, Fuminori Nakamura, and Kanako Nishi. She was the guest editor for the first Japan issue of Words Without Borders and she maintains the database Japanese Literature in English atwww.japaneseliteratureinenglish.com.
