Convenience store woman
Murata, Sayaka, 1979-2018
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Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they are delighted for her. However, eighteen years later, at age 36, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only few friends. She feels comfortable in her life, but is aware that she is not living up to society's expectations and causing her family to worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the store, he will upset Keiko's contented stasis -- but will it be for the better?
Main title:
Convenience store woman / Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
Author:
Murata, Sayaka, 1979-, authorTakemori, Ginny Tapley, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Portobello Books, 2018.©2018.
Collation:
163 pages ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Originally published in 2016 as 'Konbini ningen' by Bungeishunju Ltd.Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781846276835 (pbk)
Dewey class:
895.636
Language:
EnglishJapanese
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BRN:
342055