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"Keiko has never really fitted in. At school and university people find her odd and her family worries she'll never be normal. To appease them, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store. Here, she finds peace and purpose in the simple, daily tasks and routine interactions. She is, she comes to understand, happiest as a convenience store worker. But in Keiko's social circle it just won't do for an unmarried woman to spend all her time stacking shelves and re-ordering green tea. As pressure mounts on Keiko to find either a new job, or worse, a husband, she is forced to take desperate action..."--Provided by publisher.
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Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori
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- Released
- 2025
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- Title
- Convenience Store Woman
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Released
- 2025
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 176
- ISBN10
- 1803510218
- ISBN13
- 9781803510217
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Family, Society, Japan, Social Critique, Japanese Literature, Employment, Loneliness, Autism, Asian Fiction, Outsider, Social Integration, Supermarkets
- First published
- 2016
- Original title
- コンビニ 人間 (Konbini ningen)
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- "Keiko has never really fitted in. At school and university people find her odd and her family worries she'll never be normal. To appease them, Keiko takes a job at a newly opened convenience store. Here, she finds peace and purpose in the simple, daily tasks and routine interactions. She is, she comes to understand, happiest as a convenience store worker. But in Keiko's social circle it just won't do for an unmarried woman to spend all her time stacking shelves and re-ordering green tea. As pressure mounts on Keiko to find either a new job, or worse, a husband, she is forced to take desperate action..."--Provided by publisher.