Meet Keiko.Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years.Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married.But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store...
CONTRIBUTORS: Sayaka MurataEAN: 9781846276842COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 130 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Granta BooksDATE PUBLISHED: 2019-05-02CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Women, FICTION / City LifeWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
For literary refreshment, try the playful, artful Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, Exhilaratingly weird and funny ... Unsettling and totally unpredictable - my copy is now heavily underlined, A sure-fire hit of the summer... quirky and profound, Fascinating... universally familiar, [A] short, deadpan gem... This is a true original
One of the most celebrated of the new generation of Japanese writers, Sayaka Murata has won not only the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, but the Gunzo, Noma, and Mishima Yukio Prizes as well. Her story, 'A Clean Marriage', was featured in Granta 127 Japan. She is 38 years old and works part-time in a convenience store.Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated Ryu Murakami, Miyabe Miyuki, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Kyotaro Nishimura, among others. Her translation of Tomiko Inui's The Secret of the Blue Glass was shortlisted for the Marsh Award.
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Meet Keiko.Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years.Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married.But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store...
CONTRIBUTORS: Sayaka MurataEAN: 9781846276842COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 130 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Granta BooksDATE PUBLISHED: 2019-05-02CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Humorous / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Women, FICTION / City LifeWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary
One of the most celebrated of the new generation of Japanese writers, Sayaka Murata has won not only the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, but the Gunzo, Noma, and Mishima Yukio Prizes as well. Her story, 'A Clean Marriage', was featured in Granta 127 Japan. She is 38 years old and works part-time in a convenience store.Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated Ryu Murakami, Miyabe Miyuki, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Kyotaro Nishimura, among others. Her translation of Tomiko Inui's The Secret of the Blue Glass was shortlisted for the Marsh Award.
It is a remarkable book, written by someone who has lived, traveled with and immersed themselves in the world of which they write. It is rich and deep. It is for the enthusiast on the subject though, as it is dense in detail and unlikely to hold you if you do not have a strong interest. It requires committed reading