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Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata, Ginny Tapley Takemori (translation)Winner of the Akutagawa Prize
The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming & surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura.Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace & purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction—many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual—and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, & speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less.
Managers come & go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. It’s almost hard to tell where the store ends & she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, & to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action...
A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche & a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic & sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture & the pressures to conform, as well as a charming & completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine that recalls Banana Yoshimoto, Han Kang, & Amélie.
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Sayaka Murata is one of the most celebrated of the new generation of Japanese writers. She is the author of many books, including Vanishing World, Life Ceremony, & Earthlings. She has also won the Gunzo, Noma, & Mishima Yukio Prizes.
Murata has been named a Freeman’s “Future of New Writing” author & a Vogue Japan Woman of the Year. Her story, ‘A Clean Marriage’, was featured in Granta 127 Japan.
Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated award-winning texts by Sayaka Murata, Kyoko Nakajima, & Kaori Fujino.
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