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Convenience Store Woman

by Ginny Tapley Takemori, Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman - Thryft
Convenience Store Woman - Thryft

A quirky ode to non-conformity.

This book is a great read for anyone who has ever felt like the odd one out. Through the narrative of Keiko Furukura, the author explores the ideas of societal expectations, conformity, and individualism. The book showcases how people put themselves in boxes defined by societal norms, and how difficult it is to get out of them. It's a witty, thought-provoking, and heartwarming read that delivers a powerful message on living life on one's own terms.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2019)
  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (2016)
  • 本屋大賞 Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Convenience Store Woman

by Ginny Tapley Takemori, Sayaka Murata
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ISBN: 9780802129628
Authors: Ginny Tapley Takemori, Sayaka Murata
Publisher: Grove Press
Date of Publication: 2019-09-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Japan, Japanese Literature, Asian Literature, Asia
Goodreads rating: 3.69
(rated by 267901 readers)

Description

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?
 

A quirky ode to non-conformity.

This book is a great read for anyone who has ever felt like the odd one out. Through the narrative of Keiko Furukura, the author explores the ideas of societal expectations, conformity, and individualism. The book showcases how people put themselves in boxes defined by societal norms, and how difficult it is to get out of them. It's a witty, thought-provoking, and heartwarming read that delivers a powerful message on living life on one's own terms.

  • BTBA Best Translated Book Award Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2019)
  • Akutagawa Prize 芥川龍之介賞 (2016)
  • 本屋大賞 Nominee (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.