{"product_id":"the-friday-bookshop-paperback","title":"The Friday Bookshop (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to The Friday Bookshop, a cozy little bookstore\ntucked inside a rustic train station north of Tokyo. Rumor has it, you’ll find\nthe perfect book there—one that you need at that particular moment, even if you\ndon’t know it yourself....\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nWhen college student Fumiya visits The Friday Bookshop as a last-ditch\neffort to find a book for his ill father, he is disappointed in its ordinary\nappearance despite whispers of its peculiar charm. But he soon discovers that\nit not only includes a café where the food menu changes daily on the chef’s\nwhim but also a vast underground vault lined with bookshelves, lovingly\nconverted from an old abandoned subway platform. The bookshop, run by a quirky\ntrio who have been close friends since high school, quickly becomes Fumiya’s\nfavorite place—so much so that he begins to work there part-time.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFumiya, who was never really a reader, learns to embrace the joy of reading,\nand that books can be a means to connect with other people and navigate the\ntwists and turns of life.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThrough colorful interactions with the zany shop owners and their visitors, as\nwell as mouthwatering dishes inspired by the books they recommend, it’s\nimpossible not to fall in love with the seemingly ordinary yet enchanting\nlittle bookstore in the subway station in Kanto.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: FortBook, serif; color: rgb(33, 37, 41); background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;\"\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBorn in 1973 in Hyogo Prefecture, \u003cb\u003eSawako Natori\u003c\/b\u003e is\na novelist and a freelance scenarist for games and audio dramas. She won the\nTrain Station Booksellers Award for \u003ci\u003eThe Lost and Found Corner at\nPenguin Railway\u003c\/i\u003e in 2015. Her other novels include \u003ci\u003eNoah's Ark\nin the Library\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Books Awaiting at the Literary Inn\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\nGalaxy Library.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TIMES DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46140212773071,"sku":"9798217195398","price":33.25,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_00d8b6fd-7139-45b4-b8de-a9359cd438ee.jpg?v=1789701109","url":"https:\/\/popular.com.sg\/products\/the-friday-bookshop-paperback","provider":"Popular Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}