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by Michiko Aoyama, published on May 17, 2022 by Éditions Nami.

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Why this book?

• Because it's the first novel that inaugurates a new collection

  at Leduc: Nami.

  Its objective: to explore the intimate through texts which depict the inner life of the characters, their joys and their sorrows.

  Nami for "wave" in Japanese is "the symbol of the perpetual movement of life".

• Because this novel takes place in Japan, where five characters will see their lives turned upside down by pushing the doors of a social center and going to the library there.

  They all go there with a specific purpose and come across Sayuri Komachi, a librarian, hiding behind a partition.

  She is an intriguing lady, with a gigantic face, who knows how to find the perfect book for each of them after asking a single question: "What are you looking for?"

• Because among these characters, we have a young girl who wants to learn about computers to get the job she wants, a young man unbeatable on manga and who underestimates his talent as a designer or even a retiree who wonders what he will be able to do with his free days and who wants to learn the game of GO.

  And there's Natsumi, the character who touched me the most.

  She was put in the closet after her maternity leave.

  She is overwhelmed by her daily life and the famous mental load.

• Because thanks to this librarian, everyone can say to themselves that they are not useless and that they should not devalue themselves.

  They all have the right to a little stroke of fate, saving and happy.

  I appreciated this chance of encounters and new opportunities that can make everything evolve.

  Then we discover that without knowing it, a small bond can unite some of them.

  It is a novel full of serenity and benevolence.

  If you liked "While the Coffee Is Still Hot", you may enjoy this novel just as much.

  
  

The essentials in 2 minutes

The plot.

They are five to take the step of the small library run by Sayuri Komachi in the heart of Tokyo.

Their common point: they are at the crossroads of their lives.

To each Sayuri Komachi, enigmatic librarian attentive to others, will offer a totally unexpected work.

Characters.

Five characters and their relatives.

Sayuri Komachi, a strange librarian.

Places.

Tokyo.

A social center and its library.

The time.

Nowadays.

The author.

Michiko Aoyama is a Japanese novelist from Aichi Prefecture.

Her novel occupied the bestseller lists in Japan for several weeks.

This book was read with

gentle curiosity.

It is a benevolent and pleasant novel.

A novel that talks about life and books, of which I have noted the many literary references to extend this reading experience.

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