Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the
Believer Book Award Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in
Translation A Los Angeles Times Bestseller The English-language
debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling
660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a
bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a
single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only
too well. The English-language debut of one of Japan's most
talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there,
Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of
thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never
fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age
of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of "Smile
Mart," she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store,
unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social
interaction--many are laid out line by line in the store's
manual--and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and
speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a "normal" person
excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at
the store for eighteen years. It's almost hard to tell where the
store ends and she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people
close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly
pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career,
prompting her to take desperate action... A brilliant depiction of
an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store
Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture
and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely
fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
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