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Keiko isn't normal. At school and university people find her odd, and her family worries she will never fit in. To make them happy, she takes a job at a convenience store. But in Keiko's circle it just won't do for an unmarried woman to spend her time stacking shelves and ordering green tea. As the pressure to find a new job - or worse, a husband - increases, Keiko is forced to take desperate action ...
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Convenience store woman, Ginny Tapley Takemori, Sayaka Murata
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- Released
- 2018
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ginny Tapley Takemori, Sayaka Murata
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Released
- 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 163
- ISBN10
- 1846276837
- ISBN13
- 9781846276835
- 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 isn't normal. At school and university people find her odd, and her family worries she will never fit in. To make them happy, she takes a job at a convenience store. But in Keiko's circle it just won't do for an unmarried woman to spend her time stacking shelves and ordering green tea. As the pressure to find a new job - or worse, a husband - increases, Keiko is forced to take desperate action ...