How can my manager be so stupid?

Kyoko Tanihara, a bookseller at the Musashino Bookshop, becomes increasingly frustrated with her manager, Takeru Yamamoto, whose behavior and attitudes toward books and authors conflict with her own. As she struggles to establish herself in the publishing world and maintain her enthusiasm for litera...

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Main Author: Hayami, Kazumasa, 1977- (Author)
Other Authors: Trowell, Haydn (Translator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Japanese
Published: New York, NY : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2026.
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Summary:Kyoko Tanihara, a bookseller at the Musashino Bookshop, becomes increasingly frustrated with her manager, Takeru Yamamoto, whose behavior and attitudes toward books and authors conflict with her own. As she struggles to establish herself in the publishing world and maintain her enthusiasm for literature, Kyoko begins to reconsider her perceptions of her manager after receiving a book that offers a different perspective on his actions and personality.
Physical Description:260 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:9798217182299
Author Notes:Kazumasa Hayami is a writer, born in 1977 in Kanagawa Prefecture. His debut novel 108 was a bestseller and later made into a manga and a film. He won the Japan Mystery Writers Association Award for his novel Innocent Days , and the Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize for The Royal Family (Passing the Reins) . His novels are almost all adapted for screen.

Haydn Trowell is an Australian translator of Japanese literature whose work has appeared in Granta , Electric Literature , and Words Without Borders . He has translated fiction by major prize-winning authors such as Yasunari Kawabata, Maki Kashimada, and Rie Qudan, and he has worked extensively with publishers in Australia, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.. Haydn holds a PhD in translation studies from Monash University and has a background in both translation and creative writing.