Convenience Store Woman "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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User Review - jonerthon - LibraryThingThe food critic Ruth Reichl recommended this title in a long list of food-related fiction, and I'm glad she did! The protagonist, Keiko, is a woman in her mid-thirties that has happily worked in a ... Read full review
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User Review - steve02476 - LibraryThingPeculiar novel about a very odd woman who dedicates her life to the convenience store where she has worked all of her adult life. Very funny and also kind of spooky - nothing supernatural but a good ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Convenience Store Woman |
| Author | Sayaka Murata |
| Translated by | Ginny Tapley Takemori |
| Publisher | Granta Books, 2018 |
| ISBN | 1846276837, 9781846276835 |
| Length | 176 pages |
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