Convenience Store Woman: Sayaka Murata - Softcover

Sayaka Murata

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1846276837 ISBN 13: 9781846276835

Publisher: Granta Books, 2018

Synopsis

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...
'Witty, wily, and astonishingly sharp' Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies

'An exhilaratingly weird and funny Japanese novel.. Unsettling and totally unpredictable' Sally Rooney

'A haunting, dark, and often hilarious take on society's expectations of the single woman' Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot

'[A] short, deadpan gem... This is a true original' Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail

'From this slight, dark and delightful book springs a feminist rallying cry: trust yourself' Emerald Street

'A sure-fire hit of the summer... quirky [and] profound' Irish Times

'An offbeat, tongue-in-cheek read... a tale of finding one's own path to happiness' Skinny

About this title

Review

'Unapologetically deadpan yet enticingly comic... it's the novel's cumulative, idiosyncratic poetry that lingers, attaining a weird, fluorescent kind of beauty all of its own... Irresistible'--Observer

'An exhilaratingly weird and funny Japanese novel about a long-term convenience store employee. Unsettling and totally unpredictable - my copy is now heavily underlined'--Sally Rooney, Guardian

'Convenience Store Woman is a gem of a book. Quirky, deadpan, poignant, and quietly profound, it is a gift to anyone who has ever felt at odds with the world - and if we were truly being honest, I suspect that would be most of 'us'' -- Ruth Ozeki, author of A Tale for the Time Being

'Witty, wily, and astonishingly sharp, Convenience Store Woman proves that the deepest gouges can come from the lightest touch.'-- Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies

'Convenience Store Woman is snarky and tender. It shows a woman trying to puzzle out how to be normal. This brilliant book will resonate with all of us who find life a little strange.'-- --Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, author of Harmless Like You
'This novel made me laugh. It was the first time for me to laugh in this way: it was absurd, comical, cute... audacious, and precise. It was overwhelming'--Hiromi Kawakami, author of Strange Weather in Tokyo

'I picked up this novel on a trip to Japan and couldn't put it down. A haunting, dark, and often hilarious take on society's expectations of the single woman.'-- --Elif Batuman, author of The Idiot

'A neat and pleasing fable that could only be Japanese... quirky, memorable'--Sunday Times

'A sure-fire hit of the summer... quirky [and] profound... This is a story that readers could easily stay with all over again'--Irish Times

'[A] short, deadpan gem... This is a true original'--Daily Mail

'Delightfully weird, incredibly funny' ----Books of the Year, Refinery 29

About the Author

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 36-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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Granta Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1846276837
• ISBN 13: 9781846276835
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176