Days at the Torunka Caf\u00e9

Eric Ozawa is a writer and translator who teaches at New York University. He translated Satoshi Yagisawa's Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and its sequel from Japanese into English; the debut translation became an international bestseller shortlisted for the British Book Award for Debut Book of the Year. His own fiction and journalism have appeared in Granta, Electric Literature, and The Nation, including reporting on the Fukushima nuclear crisis.

Satoshi Yagisawa is the author of the charming Days at the Morisaki Bookshop and its follow-up, More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop. His stories offer gentle, heartwarming glimpses into the lives of ordinary people finding connection and comfort. Readers often turn to his books for their quiet charm and hopeful spirit.