Satoshi Yagisawa erzählt von Menschen, die durch einen Buchladen verbunden sind. Takako, die in "Die Tage in der Buchhandlung Morisaki" ihren Liebeskummer überwunden hat, unterstützt ihren Onkel Satoru, dessen Frau Momoko schwer erkrankt ist. Gemeinsam finden sie neuen Mut und halten den Buchladen am Leben.
Roman | Von der heilsamen Kraft des Lesens
Satoshi Yagisawa erzählt in seinem Bestseller schnörkellos, leichtfüßig und charmant von einer jungen Frau, die durch die heilsame Kraft des Lesens zurück ins Leben und zu neuen Freundschaften findet. Die 25-jährige Takako hat einen Job, eine Wohnung in Tokio und einen festen Freund. Als dieser ihr eines Abends freudig eröffnet, er werde heiraten – und zwar eine andere –, fällt sie aus allen Wolken. Vor Kummer verkriecht sie sich und kündigt ihren Job. Als ihr Onkel ihr anbietet, eine Zeitlang in seinem Antiquariat im berühmten »Bücherviertel« Tokios, Jimbōchō, auszuhelfen und dort auch unterzukommen, findet sie das zwar zunächst alles andere als reizvoll, willigt aber ein. Doch in dem kleinen Zimmer über dem Laden, inmitten von Büchern, entdeckt sie ihre Leidenschaft fürs Lesen – und schöpft allmählich wieder neue Kraft.
In Tokyo, there is a neighbourhood with the highest number of bookstores in the world. It is called Jinbocho where book lovers can browse to their heart's delight and where hunters of first editions or autographed copies prowl the bookcases.The Morisaki bookshop, a small family-run shop, is so packed with books that barely five people can fit inside. Books crowd the shelves and invade every corner of the floor; when a customer arrives, the owner, Satoru, immediately pops out from behind the counter. Recently, his wife Momoko has joined him, and often, in her free time after work, their niece Takako also helps out.For the first time, the girl does not feel lonely; she has new friends and new rituals to keep her company: the annual Jinbocho festival, the cafe around the corner, or an unexpected visitor. Because, as she has discovered, a bookstore is populated not by the characters contained in the books, but also by those who frequent it. And those stories create bonds.As a sign of gratitude, Takako gives her aunt and uncle a trip, promising to look after the shop while they are away. Everything seems to be going swimmingly, but then why is Satoru behaving so strangely? And what does that woman with the red umbrella want who has appeared at the end of the street? How many other stories, emotions, and treasures does the Morisaki bookshop hold?
In this charming and emotionally resonant follow up to the internationally bestselling Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Satoshi Yagisawa paints a poignant and thoughtful portrait of life, love, and how much books and bookstores mean to the people who love them. Set again in the beloved Japanese bookshop and nearby coffee shop in the Jimbochi neighborhood of Toyko, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop deepens the relationship between Takako, her uncle Satoru , and the people in their lives. A new cast of heartwarming regulars have appeared in the shop, including an old man who wears the same ragged mouse-colored sweater and another who collects books solely for the official stamps with the author's personal seal. Satoshi Yagisawa illuminates the everyday relationships between people that are forged and grown through a shared love of books. Characters leave and return, fall in and out of love, and some eventually die. As time passes, Satoru, with Takako's help, must choose whether to keep the bookshop open or shutter its doors forever. Making the decision will take uncle and niece on an emotional journey back to their family's roots and remind them again what a bookstore can mean to an individual, a neighborhood, and a whole culture.
A beautiful, collectable hardback that brings together Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop in one volume.A young woman, lost and heartbroken. Her eccentric, optimist uncle. His wife, with a mysterious secret. Here, in this ramshackle bookshop in the Jimbocho area of Tokyo, these three people will heal their hearts, find connection and overcome loneliness.Hidden away, the Morisaki Bookshop is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building, the shop is filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Here is where Takako comes to nurse a broken heart, finding within its crowded shelves books to soothe and uplift her flagging spirits. Over the course of two novels, Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, Takako and her uncle Satoru discover their similarities and differences, and learn all about life, love and the healing power of books.