When the Museum Is Closed

Emi Yagi

C format original

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Publisher's Synopsis

Rika Horiuchi's new part-time job is to converse with a statue of the Venus de Milo - in Latin - every Monday, when the museum is closed. Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job: she and Venus talk about everything. They fall in love, and (with the help of a statue of Artemis' hunting dog) eventually break free. This fresh and original new novel from the author of 'Diary of a Void' confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.

About the Publisher

Harvill Secker

Harvill Secker is a firm with a long and illustrious history. Originally, Harvill and Secker were two separate companies, both with a particular interest in publishing international literature. The two imprints were formally joined together in 2005 but Harvill Secker's first incarnation, Martin Secker Ltd, was founded in 1910. Both as separate firms, and together as Harvill Secker, the house has enjoyed the contribution of many talented and committed authors, editors and other supporters over the years. It has been lucky enough to publish twenty Nobel Prize-winners, four Booker Prize-winners and to survive many changes of name and address, a variety of owners and mergers, a famous fake, an author who claimed his overdue manuscript had been eaten by a crocodile, the Blitz, a direct hit on a warehouse, a handful of libel actions, bankruptcies and a trial that rewrote obscenity laws.

ISBN:	9781787304642
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Harvill Secker
Pub date:	10 Jul 2025
Edition:	C format original
DEWEY:	895.636
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	224
Weight:	300g
Height:	216mm
Width:	135mm
Spine width:	20mm