The Bookshop Woman British Library Crime Classics from political picturebooks to children's

from political picturebooks to children's classics

inspired by the produce of Nepal's beautiful rivers

3 x 8 pp colour illustrations

Pagination: 164 pages

to the sculptural surrealism of Las Pozas and the colourful rebirth of Le Jardin Majorelle

The Bookshop Woman British Library Crime Classics from political picturebooks to children'sNanako Hanada's life is in crisis. Recently separated from her husband, living in youth hostels and internet cafes, her work is going no better. Book sales at the eccentric Village Vanguard bookstore in Tokyo, which Nanako manages, are dwindling. Fallen out of love in all aspects of her life, Nanako realises how narrow her life has become, with no friends outside of her colleagues, and no hobbies apart from reading and arranging books. That's when