What You Are Looking for is in the Library [electronic resource] : The uplifting Japanese fiction bestseller
Aoyama, Michiko2023
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Brought to you by Penguin. The heartwarming Japanese bestseller for fans of Matt Haig, Fredrik Backman and THE CAT WHO SAVED BOOKS 'Library. What a nice-sounding word. So comforting. I feel like I'm a student again. Library ... Am I allowed to borrow books?' 'What are you looking for?' asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. She is no ordinary librarian. Naturally, she has read every book on her shelf, but she also has the unique ability to read the souls of anyone who walks through her door. Sensing exactly what they're looking for in life, she provides just the book recommendation they never knew they needed to help them find it. Every borrower in her library is at a different crossroads, from the restless retail assistant - can she ever get out of a dead-end job? - to the juggling new mother who dreams of becoming a magazine editor, and the meticulous accountant who yearns to own an antique store. The surprise book Komachi lends to each will have transformative consequences. Magical and uplifting, What You Are Looking for is in the Library is about the wondrousness of libraries and the power of books for change. Highlighting all the tiny comforts of being alive, it is a story that no reader will ever forget. ©2023 Michiko Aoyama (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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Author:
Aoyama, Michiko, AuthorWatts, Alison, TranslatorFootman, Hanako, NarratorThomson, Kenichiro, NarratorTing, Winson, NarratorKawai, Shiro, NarratorMomoko-Hingley, Susan, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Transworld, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Michiko Aoyama was born in 1970 in Aichi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan. After university, she became a reporter for a Japanese newspaper based in Sydney before moving back to Tokyo to work as a magazine editor. What You are Looking for is in the Library was shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award and became a Japanese bestseller. It is being translated into more than twenty languages. Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.
ISBN:
9781529908893
Language:
English
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BRN:
3804692
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