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Convenience Store Woman (Akutagawa Prize Winner)
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Notes From Your Bookseller
Notes From Your Bookseller
Wry and heartfelt, sensitive and stark, Convenience Store Woman is the story of a convenience store employee glued to her job. With sharp social commentary on the work culture in Japan, this is a smart novel with so much to give.
Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award
Longlisted for the Believer Book Award
Longlisted for the Believer Book Award
Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation
A Los Angeles Times Bestseller
The English-language debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling 660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only too well.
The English-language debut of one of ...
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