Literary Short stories 2020

What You Are Looking for is in the Library by Michiko Aoyama

Published in Spanish as La biblioteca de los nuevos comienzos

So asks Tokyo's most enigmatic librarian, Sayuri Komachi. But she is no ordinary librarian.

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What it is

A book about books · a small, intimate story

What happens in it

Books about books

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How it's told

Structure
Linked stories
Who tells it
Third person, up close

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Is it for you?

It's for you if…

  • you love books about books
  • you like to close a book feeling better
  • you want a book that feels like a blanket

Maybe not if…

  • you want tension from the first page

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