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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Murata, Sayaka, 1979-     Subjects     Misfits (Persons) -- Fiction.     Clerks (Retail trade) -- Fiction.     Single women -- Fiction.     Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.     Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.     Conformity -- Fiction.     Convenience stores -- Fiction.     Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.     Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Murata, Sayaka, 1979-       by title:      Convenience store wo...      Conbini ningen....       by call number:      FICTION MUR     Search the Web     Murata, Sayaka, 1979-     Misfits (Persons) -- Fiction.     Clerks (Retail trade) -- Fiction.     Single women -- Fiction.     Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.     Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.     Conformity -- Fiction.     Convenience stores -- Fiction.     Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.     Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Convenience store woman / Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori. by Murata, Sayaka, 1979- Grove Press, 2018. Call #: FICTION MUR Subjects Misfits (Persons) -- Fiction.   Clerks (Retail trade) -- Fiction.   Single women -- Fiction.   Alienation (Social psychology) -- Fiction.   Interpersonal relations -- Fiction.   Conformity -- Fiction.   Convenience stores -- Fiction.   Tokyo (Japan) -- Fiction.   Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780802129628 9780802128256 (hc.) Uniform title:  Conbini ningen. Edition:  First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. Description:  163 p. ; 19 cm Notes:  Translated from Japanese. Summary:  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? With some laugh-out-loud moments prompted by the disconnect between Keiko's thoughts and those of the people around her, the author provides a sharp look at Japanese society and the pressure to conform, as well as penetrating insights into the female mind. Genre:  Japanese fiction -- Translations into English. Humorous fiction. Other authors:  Takemori, Ginny Tapley. Holds:  3   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION MUR Adult books Checked out Jul 02, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION MUR Adult Mass Market Paperback Books Checked out Jul 30, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION MUR Adult books Checked out Jul 11, 2024 Add Copy to MyList Cole Harbour Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION MUR Adult Mass Market Paperback Books Checked out Jul 20, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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