{"product_id":"when-the-museum-is-closed-paperback","title":"When The Museum Is Closed (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere she stood. A goddess. I was in love with the\nmarble goddess.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWhen Rika Horauchi accepts an unusual new part-time job, she never expects\nto fall in love.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nRika has been tasked with talking to Venus, to keep her company when the museum\nis closed on Mondays. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of their\nsurroundings, she opens up new worlds for Rika, and they speak about\neverything. But when the museum’s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants\nto keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhen the Museum is Closed\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns charming, funny and\nsurprising, a love story about our perceptions of beauty, overcoming loneliness\nand breaking free.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTranslated by Yuki Tejima\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'Slim and strangely exuberant...[an] unexpected, absurd humor' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew\nYorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nREADERS LOVE \u003ci\u003eWHEN THE MUSEUM IS CLOSED\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n'I quickly became addicted'\u003cbr\u003e\n'Lyrical and enchanting'\u003cbr\u003e\n'Filled with comedy, yet it constantly makes the reader question societal\nnorms'\u003cbr\u003e\n'Unlike anything I've ever read'\u003cbr\u003e\n'Effortlessly blends the everyday with the fantastical'\u003cbr\u003e\n'Fun, charming... if you've ever struggled with self-doubt, anxiety or just\nfeeling like you don't quite belong you'll relate to and enjoy'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\n\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEmi Yagi (Author)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEmi Yagi\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor at a women’s magazine in Japan. She was born\nin 1988 and lives in Tokyo. Her first novel and international cult hit, \u003ci\u003eDiary\nof a Void\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Osamu Dazai Prize, awarded annually to the best debut\nwork of fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYuki Tejima (Translator)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eYuki Tejima\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of Mizuki Tsujimura’s \u003ci\u003eLost\nSouls Meet Under a Full Moon\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e How to Hold Someone in Your\nHeart\u003c\/i\u003e, Kumi Kimura’s \u003ci\u003eSomeone to Watch Over You\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\nfollow-up to Tetsuko Kuroyanagi’s bestselling memoir, \u003ci\u003eTotto-chan: The\nLittle Girl at the Window: The Sequel\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PANSING DISTRIBUTION PTE LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45372683714767,"sku":"9781529935004","price":23.95,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/5662\/3823\/files\/download_59f51d53-92d0-4c5b-9e90-557cc9c9dbd2.jpg?v=1783388842","url":"https:\/\/popular.baby\/products\/when-the-museum-is-closed-paperback","provider":"Popular Book Company Pte Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}