Satoshi Yagasawa was born in Chiba, Japan in 1977. Days at the Morisaki Bookshop is his debut novel, and it won Chiyoda Literature Prize. It was first published in Japan in 2010, the sequel the following year.
"Ozawa's translation gracefully captures the author's whimsical and
tender voice. Yagisawa has the right touch for lifting a reader's
mood." - Publishers Weekly
"The unadorned simplicity of Takako's voice is anything but subtle,
but it's somehow winning in its guilelessness . . . . Days at the
Morisaki Bookshop draws a strong connection between the empathy
unleashed by great literature and Takako's growing sense of
self-confidence and well-being." - NPR
"The book's vibe makes it pleasant company for an afternoon in the
park with a snack." - Los Angeles Times
"Yagisawa's prose is clean and direct even as he describes the
Morisaki Bookshop and the city that surrounds it with extraordinary
care and detail. The characters are also compelling, but it is
really the setting and the atmosphere that stand out in this novel.
Readers will want to linger in this world. They will want more when
this concise tale ends." - Booklist
"Ozawa's translation preserves the drollness and buoyancy of
Takako's first-person narrative of small pleasures and mysteries. A
familiar romance about books and bookstores, told with heart and
humor." - Kirkus Reviews
"A slender book, but one rich in experience, exactly like the tiny,
crammed Morisaki bookshop itself." - New York Journal of Books
"Thought-provoking, sincere, and honest." - The Uncorked
Librarian
"Steeped in the ambience of a used bookstore as it is in the
culture of reading." - Yahoo News
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