Bookstore girls : a novel / Kei Aono ; translated by Haydn Trowell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aono, Kei, 1959- author.

Contributor:

Trowell, Haydn, translator.

Standardized Title:

Shoten gāru. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Clerks (Retail trade)--Fiction.

Clerks (Retail trade).

Bookstores--Fiction.

Bookstores.

Booksellers and bookselling--Fiction.

Booksellers and bookselling.

Interpersonal relations--Fiction.

Interpersonal relations.

Hostility (Psychology)--Fiction.

Hostility (Psychology).

Tokyo (Japan)--Fiction.

Tokyo (Japan).

Japan--Fiction.

Japan.

Genre:

Domestic fiction.

Physical Description:

311 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Pegasus Books, 2026.

Language Note:

In English, translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"Riko Nishioka is the assistant manager of the flagship Pegasus bookstore in Kichijoji. After working her way up from a part-time position, she is now, aged forty, a respected figure in the Japanese publishing industry. But she has a nemesis. Aki Kitamura, twenty-seven, has waltzed in as a full-time employee thanks to her family connections. A free spirit with a rebellious streak and a silver spoon in her mouth, she's anything but a team player. The two are always clashing--both at work and over their personal lives. But when Riko is given notice that the store will be closing in six months' time, they face a stark choice. Can they put their petty enmities aside to boost sales and save their livelihoods, or will they go down fighting . . . each other?"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

First published in Japan by PHP Institute, Inc. in 2012.

ISBN:

9798897101405

OCLC:

1593562088

Publisher Number:

90104871973