Convenience store woman : a novel

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Label

Convenience store woman : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Creator

• Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

Contributor

• Takemori, Ginny Tapley

Author

• Murata, Sayaka, 1979-

Translator

• Takemori, Ginny Tapley

Subject

• Conformity -- Fiction
• Convenience stores
• Convenience stores -- Japan -- Fiction
• Fiction
• Fiction
• Japan
• Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
• Man-woman relationships
• Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
• Manners and customs
• Conformity

Genre

• Fiction

Language

• eng
• jpn
• eng

Summary

"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. For her part, in the convenience store she finds a predictable world mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say, and she copies her coworkers' style of dress and speech patterns so that she can play the part of a normal person. 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? Sayaka Murata brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store that is so much part of life in Japan. With some laugh-out-loud moments prompted by the disconnect between Keiko's thoughts and those of the people around her, she provides a sharp look at Japanese society and the pressure to conform, as well as penetrating insights into the female mind. Convenience Store Woman is a fresh, charming portrait of an unforgettable heroine that recalls Banana Yoshimoto, Han Kang, and Amélie ."--

Member of

• Conbini ningen

Assigning source

(Source of summary not specified)

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

895.63/6

Index

no index present

Language note

In English, translated from the Japanese

LC call number

PL873.U73

LC item number

C6613 2018

Literary form

fiction