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Author Murata, Sayaka, 1979- author.
村田沙耶香, 1979- author.

Title Convenience store woman / Sayaka Murata ; translated from the Japanese by Ginny Tapley Takemori.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Grove Press, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Fiction  FIC-MURATA    Check Shelf
Edition First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Description 172 pages ; 18 cm
Note "September 2019"--Title page verso.
Summary "An international sensation that has sold more than a million copies in Japan and was named a Best Book of the Year by U.S. publications from Buzzfeed to the New Yorker, Convenience Store Woman is the charming and unforgettable story of Tokyo sales clerk Keiko Furukura. Keiko is an unusual person, someone who has never fit in, but when she takes a job at a 'Smile Mart' she finally finds peace and purpose in her daily tasks. But there is huge pressure on Keiko--to pursue a career, to find a husband--and she feels forced to take desperate action in order to please the people around her instead of herself. Is there room in this 'normal' world for someone as strange as Keiko?"--Publisher description.
Language In English, translated from the Japanese.
Subject Single women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- Fiction.
Japan -- Social conditions -- 21st century -- Fiction.
Convenience stores -- Japan -- Fiction.
Self-realization in women -- Fiction.
Conformity -- Fiction.
Asexual people -- Fiction.
Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01919811
Single women -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01119472
Self-realization in women. (OCoLC)fst01111914
Asexual people. (OCoLC)fst01938868
Conformity. (OCoLC)fst00875034
Convenience stores. (OCoLC)fst00877156
Japan. (OCoLC)fst01204082
Japan -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
Man-woman relationship -- Fiction.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Added Author Takemori, Ginny Tapley, translator.
Added Title Conbini ningen. English
ISBN 0802129625
9780802129628
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