Convenience Store Woman

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Convenience Store Woman

By: Sayaka Murata

Narrated by: Nancy Wu

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Meet Keiko. Keiko is 36 years old. She's never had a boyfriend, and she's been working in the same supermarket for eighteen years. Keiko's family wishes she'd get a proper job. Her friends wonder why she won't get married. But Keiko knows what makes her happy, and she's not going to let anyone come between her and her convenience store.

Sayaka MurataNancy WuGranta Books

Fiction

Women's Fiction

Funny

Heartfelt

Thought-Provoking

Witty

Mind-bending

Fiction Women's Fiction Funny Heartfelt Thought-Provoking Witty Mind-bending

Critic reviews

Witty, wily, and astonishingly sharp.

-- Lisa McInerney, author of "The Glorious Heresies"

An exhilaratingly weird and funny Japanese novel. Unsettling and totally unpredictable.

-- Sally Rooney

A haunting, dark, and often hilarious take on society's expectations of the single woman.

-- Elif Batuman, author of "The Idiot"

[A] short, deadpan gem... This is a true original.

-- Stephanie Cross, Daily Mail

A sure-fire hit of the summer... quirky [and] profound.

-- Irish Times

Most relevant

I enjoyed it as it reminded me of our honeymoon in Japan where we spent lots of time in convenience stores looking at the exotic treats on offer and also just the general experience of life in Japan (the formality of the workers everywhere etc) - besides that it gave a possible insight into one autistic woman's thought process and experience of the world. Quite interesting.