Tsundoku Author Forename:Pym, Taiki Celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert works night

Celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert works night and day to finish his masterpiece in time for the city's Exposition Universelle

And in his fervour to absolve Robert

Who is the real Thomas Haller

a grieving couple are haunted by the past

Set against the backdrop of Japan's changing seasons and narrated with a rare gentleness and humour

Tsundoku Author Forename:Pym, Taiki Celebrated carousel-maker Gilbert works nightDrawing on the evocative Japanese term tsundoku first coined in the Meiji era to describe the growing stacks of unread books that accumulate around devoted readers this insightful and warmly humorous book reframes what some might see as clutter or guilt as a deeply meaningful way of living. From the tactile pleasure of flipping through pages to the quiet ritual of rearranging overflowing shelves, Tsundoku explores the psychology, culture and poetry