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Convenience Store Woman

By Sayaka Murata
Series: Best of Granta
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The unexpected international bestseller. Meet Keiko. She's 36 years old, has 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... Read More
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INCLUDED IN THE BEST OF GRANTA SERIES: the Japanese literary sensation about an unconventional woman who finds happiness in a Tokyo convenience store.

INCLUDED IN THE BEST OF GRANTA SERIES: the Japanese literary sensation about an unconventional woman who finds happiness in a Tokyo convenience store.

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The unexpected international bestseller.

Meet Keiko. She's 36 years old, has 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...

A cult hit around the world, Convenience Store Woman is both a feminist rallying cry and a must-read oddball comedy.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781803510217

Publisher: Granta Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Granta Books

Contributors:

  • Translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

One of the most celebrated of the new generation of Japanese writers, Sayaka Murata has won not only the prestigious Akutagawa Prize, but the Gunzo, Noma, and Mishima Yukio Prizes as well. Her story, 'A Clean Marriage', was featured in Granta 127 Japan. She is 38 years old and works part-time in a convenience store.

Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated Ryu Murakami, Miyabe Miyuki, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Kyotaro Nishimura, among others. Her translation of Tomiko Inui's The Secret of the Blue Glass was shortlisted for the Marsh Award.

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