![]() ![]() The progression of events is hardly dynamic, and those quotidian rhythms are reflected in Hitomi’s emotional life. Nakano asks Hitomi to read the “totally pornographic” novel his mistress has written to help answer his question: “Are all women really so damned erotic?” Even at their strangest, these interactions are rendered calmly by Kawakami in pleasant, leisurely prose. One customer brings in photographs of “a man and a woman, naked and intertwined,” and Mr. Hope you are too.” Despite this struggle to navigate their shared inexperience, frank sexuality is inescapable at the shop. Soon after she’s hired, Hitomi begins dating Takeo, a coworker who proudly describes himself as “just simple.” Hitomi wonders how to have a carefree conversation with him to overcome the awkwardness that leads him to respond to her messages with: “I’m fine. ![]() ![]() In this gentle novel, Kawakami uses a series of vignettes to chronicle a girl’s time working at Mr. ![]()
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