Hiromi Kawakami: People From My Neighbourhood [2021] paperback Condition:New this book will make readers

this book will make readers view her story as it has never been told before

heartbreaking and inspiring'

it will have you in tears

a name that was his sadness and his story

'A beacon of pleasure' Kate Atkinson

Hiromi Kawakami: People From My Neighbourhood [2021] paperback Condition:New this book will make readersTake a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it. In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its