What You Are Looking for is in the Library: The uplifting, Japanese fiction multi-million copy bestseller - Softcover

Aoyama, Michiko

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1804994138 ISBN 13: 9781804994139

Verlag: Penguin, 2024

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A TOP TEN TIMES BESTSELLER

A TIME BOOK OF THE YEAR
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAPAN BOOKSELLERS' AWARD

'An undeniable page-turner.' New York Times

'A tribute to the transformative power of books and libraries.' Irish Times

'I adored this uplifting, hopeful novel.' Daily Mail

The internationally bestselling Japanese novel about the life-changing power of books, kindness and second chances.

What are you looking for?

That is the question Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian asks everyone who walks through her doors.

Because Sayuri Komachi is no ordinary librarian.

With an uncanny gift for sensing what people truly need, she recommends exactly the right book, together with a tiny handmade felted charm. At first, her choices seem surprising. Soon, they begin to change lives.

Among those seeking her help are:

• A restless retail assistant searching for a more meaningful future.
• A working mother trying to rebuild her career after maternity leave.
• A conscientious accountant dreaming of opening an antique shop.
• A talented young manga artist who has lost his confidence.
• A newly retired salaryman searching for a new sense of purpose.

Each arrives looking for a book.

Each leaves with hope, fresh possibilities and the courage to begin a new chapter.

Warm, wise and quietly uplifting, WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY is a celebration of books, libraries, kindness and community, and a reminder that sometimes the story you need most is the one you never expected to find.
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Perfect for readers of The Midnight Library, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and We'll Prescribe You a Cat, and for anyone who believes in the power of the right book at the right time.

'A quirky slice of feel-good fiction that you could recommend to anyone.' Mail on Sunday

*****'I definitely want to visit this library. I feel kinder after this book.' Reader review

*****'It made me laugh and cry and feel comforted.' Reader review

*****'Wonderful. It made me look for connection in my life.' Reader review

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Michiko Aoyama (Author)

Michiko Aoyama is the author of the multi-million-copy bestselling What You Are Looking For is in the Library, translated by Alison Watts, which was a Time Book of the Year, a Times bestseller and a New York Times Book of the Month. Matcha on Monday is a companion read to the author’s debut, Hot Chocolate on Thursday. Both are set in and around the fictitious Marble Cafe, a tiny community café in Tokyo.
Another book available in English by Aoyama and translated by Takami Nieda is the international bestseller The Healing Hippo of Hinode Park. Her latest novel to be published in English, Talking in a Moonlit Forest was also shortlisted for the Japan Booksellers' Award.
Aoyama lives in Yokohama, Japan.

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What are you looking for?

So 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 change their lives for ever.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1804994138
• ISBN 13: 9781804994139
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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