Name: 在森崎書店的日子
Rating: 3.833479532163742 (342 reviews)
ISBN: 9789869481939

Satoshi Yagisawa

在森崎書店的日子

森崎書店の日々

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo is a booklover's paradise. On a quiet corner in an old wooden building lies a shop filled with hundreds of second-hand books. Twenty-five-year-old Takako has never liked reading, although the Morisaki bookshop has been in her family for three generations. It is the pride and joy of her uncle Satoru, who has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife Momoko left him five years earlier. When Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above the shop. Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the Morisaki bookshop. As summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.

The International Bestseller for lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold

Days at the Morisaki Bookshop

A very straightforward, short novel perfect for passing a couple of cosy Autumn days.

The English translation is perhaps a little dry and lacking in vocabulary and elegance but it makes for a nice easy read if you need a break between heavier reading.

Conner Jack

A very straightforward, short novel perfect for passing a couple of cosy Autumn days.

The English translation is perhaps a little dry and lacking in vocabulary and elegance but it makes for a nice easy read if you need a break between heavier reading.

A warm hug of a book!

This book was a lighthearted and a fun book to read. I connected alot with the first half because of how the main character found herself loving to read books, just like how I did. The first part, for me, was more impactful than the second one.

If you're an introvert, you'd certainly connect alot with the book's main character and her journey.

A good thing that I captured is how they have mentioned many iconic Japanese authors so now I have more references to read thanks to this book.

Aarush Arora

This book was a lighthearted and a fun book to read. I connected alot with the first half because of how the main character found herself loving to read books, just like how I did. The first part, for me, was more impactful than the second one.
If you're an introvert, you'd certainly connect alot with the book's main character and her journey.
A good thing that I captured is how they have mentioned many iconic Japanese authors so now I have more references to read thanks to this book.

Eric Ozawa

The Japanese bestseller: a tale of love, new beginnings, and the comfort that can be found between the pages of a good book.

When twenty-five-year-old Takako's boyfriend reveals he's marrying someone else, she reluctantly accepts her eccentric uncle Satoru's offer to live rent-free in the tiny room above his shop.

Hidden in Jimbocho, Tokyo, 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. It is Satoru's pride and joy, and he has devoted his life to the bookshop since his wife left him five years earlier.

Hoping to nurse her broken heart in peace, Takako is surprised to encounter new worlds within the stacks of books lining the shop.

And as summer fades to autumn, Satoru and Takako discover they have more in common than they first thought. The Morisaki bookshop has something to teach them both about life, love, and the healing power of books.

A Novel

coco nini

i really liked iiit. a much needed read at this point of my life. i’m glad to have my own versions of uncle satoru in my life !! also, related so much to takako talking about how much love and passion she found out she had for books &gt;..&lt;

I didn’t love it like everyone said I would, and I really wanted to. I actually think it was a lost in translation thing where it just didn’t ooze warmth. 

Anisah Osman Britton

Jinbocho, Tokyo. The neighborhood of bookstores and publishers, paradise for readers. A quiet corner out of time, a few steps from the subway and large modern buildings. Rows and rows of windows full of books, new or second-hand. Tatako, twenty-five years old and with a rather colorless life, does not attend regularly. However, it is here that the Morisaki bookstore is located, which has been in her family for three generations. A store of barely eight tatami mats in an old wooden building, with a room on the top floor used as a store. It is the kingdom of Satoru, Tatako's eccentric uncle. Enthusiastic and a bit deranged, he dedicates his life to books, especially since his wife left him. Quite the opposite of Tatako, who hasn't left home since the man she was in love with told her that he wanted to marry someone else. It is Satoru who throws him a lifeline, offering to move him to the first floor of the bookstore. She, who is not a great reader, finds herself living in the midst of crumbling towers of books and clients who do not stop asking her questions and quoting unknown writers. Between increasingly passionate discussions about modern Japanese literature, a meeting in a cafe with a shy stranger and some revelations about Satoru's love story, Tatako will gradually discover a way of communicating and relating that starts from books.

MIS Dias En La Libreria Morisaki

La primera parte me pareció de lo más interesante y muy real, y que fácilmente te podes identificar.

Sin embargo la segunda parte, a pesar de los temas que trata, y que en cierta forma podes relacionar, siento que terminó siendo como el comienzo de otra historia y me dejo con ganas de más por lo que venia tratando en el comienzo.

La primera parte me pareció de lo más interesante y muy real, y que fácilmente te podes identificar.
Sin embargo la segunda parte, a pesar de los temas que trata, y que en cierta forma podes relacionar, siento que terminó siendo como el comienzo de otra historia y me dejo con ganas de más por lo que venia tratando en el comienzo.

The premise of this book was for “lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.” I never really understood these connections between one work of art and another; mostly because the majority of the time, I find it entirely different and incomparable. Having said that, and as I’m typing this, I could see entirely why that is the headline. 

This was an endearing read, not dragged out or convoluting—just a heart-warming story of a protagonist having lost and found passions in life, and in turns passing it on to others. It reminded me a little of Be With You by Takuji Ichikawa, which I loved years ago and haven’t revisited but do recall my warmth towards. 

The premise of this book was for “lovers of Before the Coffee Gets Cold.” I never really understood these connections between one work of art and another; mostly because the majority of the time, I find it entirely different and incomparable. Having said that, and as I’m typing this, I could see entirely why that is the headline. 

This was an endearing read, not dragged out or convoluting—just a heart-warming story of a protagonist having lost and found passions in life, and in turns passing it on to others. It reminded me a little of Be With You by Takuji Ichikawa, which I loved years ago and haven’t revisited but do recall my warmth towards. 

在森崎書店的日子

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