Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

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The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction—many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual—and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. It’s almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action…

A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
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122 printed pages
Original publication
2018
Publication year
2018
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  • Fernanda Cruzshared an impression3 years ago
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    Creo que es un libro excelente para cuestionarse el "progreso" en el aspecto laboral y de las relaciones y la presión social por alcanzar este. La autora no te da las respuestas, sólo plantea las preguntas y los posibles caminos

  • Kandi Tolentinoshared an impression3 years ago
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    weird but apparently there’s so much blunt truth to it

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Quotes

  • Nayhas quotedlast year
    Well, I guess anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering.”
  • Nayhas quotedlast year
    I no longer knew what standard to live by. Until now, my body had belonged to the convenience store, even when I wasn’t working. Sleeping, keeping in good physical shape, and eating nutritiously were all part of my job. I had to stay healthy for work.
  • Nayhas quotedlast year
    My body had belonged to the convenience store even when I wasn’t at work. Having been liberated from this, I didn’t know what to do with myself.

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