{"product_id":"les-miracles-du-bazar-namiya","title":"The Miracles of the Namiya General Store","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2012, after committing a mischief, three young delinquents take refuge in an old abandoned shop to hide until the next day.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring the night, someone slips an envelope through the slot of the metal shutter. When they open it, the three companions discover that it contains a request addressed to the former owner, famous in the neighborhood for having given all sorts of advice to those who wrote to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut this letter was written… thirty-two years earlier. They decide to answer it and place their letter in the milk box at the back of the shop, as the old owner used to do. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately, a new message arrives, also from the past… In the space of a night, of a journey through time, the three boys will thus influence the course of several destinies, and perhaps even turn their own upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdmired for the perfect mechanics of his detective plots, Keigo Higashino makes an incursion into the fantastic and achieves a small miracle of a benevolent, touching and deeply humanist novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e📖 The opinion of the Librairie du Grimoire Ancien\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBy our editorial \u0026amp; librarian committee\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKeigo Higashino, master of Japanese thrillers, signs with \u003cem\u003eThe Miracles of the Namiya General Store\u003c\/em\u003e, translated by Sophie Refle and published by Babel, a masterful incursion into the fantastic. This benevolent and deeply humanist novel explores the redemptive power of compassion and connection across time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this story magical is its ingenious narrative device: three young delinquents, refugees in an abandoned shop, inadvertently become the heirs of a former owner who gave advice through letters. When they discover they can communicate with the past (thirty-two years earlier), they embark on an epistolary exchange that will transform several destinies, including their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHigashino masterfully weaves several stories that echo and intertwine, gradually revealing how each act of kindness creates ripples that spread through time. The Namiya General Store becomes a sacred place where compassion transcends eras, where three lost young people find meaning in their existence by helping strangers from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe recommend this novel to fans of humanist fantasy, to readers sensitive to questions of destiny and redemption, and to all who believe in the transformative power of kindness. A small literary miracle that touches the heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur rating:\u003c\/strong\u003e ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — A benevolent fantasy novel that explores the redemptive power of compassion across time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57185690222917,"sku":"9782330157128","price":11.36,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1007\/1333\/3061\/files\/les-miracles-du-bazar-namiya-1363815.jpg?v=1778591654","url":"https:\/\/legrimoireancien.com\/en\/products\/les-miracles-du-bazar-namiya","provider":"© 2026 Le Grimoire Ancien","version":"1.0","type":"link"}