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Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
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Convenience Store Woman: A Novel Paperback - 2019

by Murata, Sayaka

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Reminiscent of the work of Haruki Murakami, this English-language debut of an exciting voice in international fiction follows a young woman who adores her dead-end job at a convenience store in Tokyo and doesn't understand why her friends and relatives want her to settle down.

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  • Title Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
  • Author Murata, Sayaka
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition UsedAcceptable
  • Pages 176
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press
  • Date 2019-09-17
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6JCK007TIE_ns
  • ISBN 9780802129628 / 0802129625
  • Weight 0.34 lbs (0.15 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.9 x 5 x 0.7 in (17.53 x 12.70 x 1.78 cm)
  • Themes
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
  • Library of Congress subjects Man-woman relationships, Conformity
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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About the author

Sayaka Murata is the author of many books, including Convenience Store Woman, winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award, the Akutagawa Prize. She used to work part-time in a convenience store, which inspired this novel. Murata has been named a Freeman's "Future of New Writing" author, and her work has appeared in Granta and elsewhere. In 2016, Vogue Japan selected her as a Woman of the Year.

Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated works by more than a dozen Japanese writers, including Ryū Murakami. She lives at the foot of a mountain in Eastern Japan.

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