Satoshi Yagisawa · Translated from the Japanese by Eric Ozawa · Manilla Press · Paperback · Torunka Café, Book 1
From the international bestselling author of the Morisaki Bookshop novels
A charming, poignant story set in a quiet Tokyo café where customers find unexpected connection and experience everyday miracles.
At the dead end of a narrow alley off a bustling Tokyo market street stands an ivy-covered building with an A-frame roof — the Torunka Café. It's the kind of neighbourhood nook where the passers-by are as likely to be local cats as tourists. Among its regulars are Chinatsu Yukimura, a mysterious young woman who always leaves behind a napkin folded into a ballerina; Hiroyuki Numata, a middle-aged man who has come back to the neighbourhood in search of the happy life he once gave up; and Shizuku, the owner's teenage daughter, who is still coming to terms with her sister's death as she falls in love for the first time.
The Torunka serves a perfect cup of coffee, but what it really offers these assorted souls is something far more lasting. Satoshi Yagisawa beautifully illuminates the times in our lives when we feel lost — and how we find our way again.
What booksellers say about Satoshi Yagisawa
'A joy to read, but you must be prepared to truly sip and savour it' — Lisa, Waterstones, on Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
'Heartwarming, charming and delightful. I savoured every word' — James, Waterstones, on More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
About the author
Satoshi Yagisawa was born in Chiba, Japan, in 1977. He is the international bestselling author of Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, his debut novel, which won the Chiyoda Literature Prize, and its sequel More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. Days at the Torunka Café is the first novel in his newest series to be translated into English; it was first published in Japan in 2013.
Continue the series: More Days at the Torunka Café (Book 2).
Edition details
Manilla Press (Bonnier Books) paperback · Translated by Eric Ozawa · ISBN 9781786587572
For sale in the Indian subcontinent only
