{"product_id":"when-the-museum-is-closed","title":"When the Museum Is Closed","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWhen the Museum Is Closed\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eYuki Yagi, Emi; Tejima\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781593768270\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSoft Skull\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2026\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eNew from the publisher\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eA quirky, joyful, feel-good love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus, from the author of international bestseller \u003ci\u003eDiary of a Void\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRika Horauchi's new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus--in Latin--every Monday, when the museum is closed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInitially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museum's curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eWhen the Museum is Closed\u003c\/i\u003e is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. This uncommonly original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"When the Museum Is Closed | Yuki Yagi, Emi; Tejima | Paperback | 9781593768270 | New | Fiction 1734594","offer_id":48176773824664,"sku":"1734594","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81pBKQmWCwL.jpg?v=1772121668","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/when-the-museum-is-closed","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}