The Nakano Thrift Shop Condition:Well Read India Shastra is required reading

India Shastra is required reading for anyone who wishes to understand today’s India

appearance and the loss of self in a world of word-play and confusion

through the theory of Yin-Yang

you won’t need other riddle books for kids 9-12

With up-to-the minute economic and political data

The Nakano Thrift Shop Condition:Well Read India Shastra is required readingWhen Hitomi takes a job on the cash register of a neighbourhood thrift store, she finds herself drawn into a very idiosyncratic community. There is Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex wives; Masayo, Mr Nakano's sister, an artist who has never married; and her fellow employee Takeo, a shy but charming young man. And every day, customers from the neighbourhood pass in and out as curios are bought and sold, each one containing its own