Convenience Store Woman
New York, NY : Grove Press, 2019.
Format: Book
Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
Description: 172 pages ; 18 cm
This is the story of Tokyo sales clerk Keiko Furukura. Keiko is an unusual person. She's someone who has never fit in - but when she takes a job at Smile Mart, she finally finds peace and purpose in her daily tasks. But there is also huge pressure on Keiko - to pursue a "real" career, to find a husband - and she feels forced to take desperate action in order to please the people around her. Is there room in this "normal" world for someone as strange as Keiko? -- Publisher description.
ISBN:
0802129625
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"September 2019"--Title page verso.
"Includes a new essay by the author"--Page 4 of cover.
In English, translated from the Japanese; original title: Konbini ningen.
"Includes a new essay by the author"--Page 4 of cover.
In English, translated from the Japanese; original title: Konbini ningen.