Nanako Hanada – författare

I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand books, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you.80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPANIf Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshopThis is a love story. A love story about books.Nanako Hanada's life has hit rock bottom. She's separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.That's when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they'll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches 'the book that will change their life.' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.'An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles' WATERSTONES'Very beautiful, very honest and very good' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'If you like books, you'll love this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I'm all for books that lead you to more books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand books, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you.80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPANIf Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshopThis is a love story. A love story about books.Nanako Hanada's life has hit rock bottom. She's separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.That's when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they'll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches 'the book that will change their life.' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.'An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles' WATERSTONES'Very beautiful, very honest and very good' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'If you like books, you'll love this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I'm all for books that lead you to more books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I''m the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand books, and I''ll recommend the perfect one for you.

80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPAN

If Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshop

This is a love story. A love story about books.Nanako Hanada''s life has hit rock bottom. She''s separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.That''s when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they''ll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches ''the book that will change their life.'' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.''An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles'' WATERSTONES''Very beautiful, very honest and very good'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''If you like books, you''ll love this one'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''I''m all for books that lead you to more books'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

I'm the manager of a very unusual bookshop. I have access to over ten thousand books, and I'll recommend the perfect one for you.80,000 COPIES SOLD IN JAPANIf Convenience Store Woman were real and set in a small bookshopThis is a love story. A love story about books.Nanako Hanada's life has hit rock bottom. She's separated from her husband, living between 4-hour capsule hostels and pokey internet cafés in Tokyo. Work is going no better, and sales at her eccentric bookstore are dwindling.That's when Nanako downloads an app called PerfectStrangers which offers users 30 minutes with someone they'll never see again. Styling herself as TheSexyBookseller, she recommends her matches 'the book that will change their life.' In the ensuing year, Nanako meets hundreds of strangers - and some of them want more than just a book...Swinging open the door to a secret side of Tokyo, The Bookshop Woman is a true story about the beauty of diving into a book and resurfacing on the last page, ready to breathe freely.'An irresistible treat for all bibliophiles' WATERSTONES'Very beautiful, very honest and very good' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'If you like books, you'll love this one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐'I'm all for books that lead you to more books' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Ein großes Vergnügen für alle, die Bücher lieben: der autobiografische Bestseller aus Japan»Alles begann damals in einer Nacht im Januar. Erschöpft saß ich in einem Bahnhofsrestaurant in Yokohama und starrte auf die Uhr, die unerträglich langsam auf zwei Uhr zu kroch. So spät in der Nacht wollte ich nicht mal mehr etwas lesen.Nach der Trennung von ihrem Mann ist Buchhändlerin Nanako Hanada erst einmal verloren. Ohne Freund*innen und ohne eigene Wohnung muss sie in Kapselhotels und öffentlichen Badeanstalten übernachten. Auch ihr Job in einer bekannten japanischen Buchhandelskette ist nicht mehr das, was er mal war.Doch eines Tages erfährt Nanako von einer neuen Dating-App und beschließt, endlich aus sich herauszugehen und neue Menschen zu treffen. Ihr Plan: Sie überwindet ihre Schüchternheit, indem sie ihre neuen Bekanntschaften in die Welt der Bücher entführt.Ein Neuanfang mit Hindernissen – und der Kraft der BücherZwar fällt sie gleich am Anfang auf einen Aufschneider rein, doch bald lernt sie Menschen kennen, die ihr viel zurückgeben. Aus ersten Begegnungen entstehen innige Freundschaften. Und je mehr sich Nanako ihren Mitmenschen annähert, desto leichter fällt es ihr, ihr altes Leben loszulassen. »Die einsame Buchhändlerin von Tokio« ist die empowernde Autobiografie einer Frau, die nach einer Trennung ihr Leben in die Hand nimmt und mit der Kraft der Bücher über sich hinauswächst