Convenience Store Woman
by Sayaka Murata
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
A contented shop worker confronts a society that insists her orderly life must be incomplete. Keiko Furukura understands the clear routines of convenience-store work better than the shifting expectations outside it. Friends and relatives question her unmarried, apparently unambitious life, encouraging changes she does not necessarily want. Murata uses a precise, unusual narrator to examine normality, work, and the pressure to perform an acceptable identity.
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Convenience Store Woman
Keiko Furukura understands the clear routines of convenience-store work better than the shifting expectations outside it. Friends and relatives question her unmarried, apparently unambitious life, encouraging changes she does not necessarily want. Murata uses a precise, unusual narrator to examine normality, work, and the pressure to perform an acceptable identity.
Why read it?
A contented shop worker confronts a society that insists her orderly life must be incomplete. Explore Conformity, Work and Identity in this book.
Edition details
- Author / creators: Sayaka Murata
- Publisher: Grove Press
- Language: English
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 192
- Edition publication year: 2019
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Book Details
- Author
- Sayaka Murata
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 192
- Publication year
- 2019
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