Convenience store woman

163 pages

English language

Published Sept. 6, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-5385-5560-6
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OCLC Number:
1039545540

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Store worker Keiko, the perfect employee, is happy with her life. When family and coworkers pressure her to marry and find a proper profession, her world is upended. Will it be for the better?

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Reread it!

I remember reading it for the first time on a train journey from Edinburgh in 2022, and thinking this was fun! Its idiosyncracy was freeing, and I found it comforting—this idea of life with a well mannered routine, made up of cues. Was my life a feedback loop too? Then I read it again cos Kirti was reading it, and found that it was kind of eerie. It refuses any consolation but also does not allow you to pity Keiko (at least I could not—but why not?)

Subjects

  • Social life and customs
  • FICTION / Contemporary Women
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Manners and customs
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Fiction

Places

  • Japan