Convenience Store Woman

Livre broché, 163 pages

Langue : English

Publié 2 mai 2018 par Granta.

ISBN :
978-1-5385-5560-6
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Numéro OCLC :
1039545540

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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…

3 éditions

Reread it!

I remember reading it for the first time on a train journey from Edinburgh in 2022, and thinking this was fun! Its idiosyncracy was freeing, and I found it comforting—this idea of life with a well mannered routine, made up of cues. Was my life a feedback loop too? Then I read it again cos Kirti was reading it, and found that it was kind of eerie. It refuses any consolation but also does not allow you to pity Keiko (at least I could not—but why not?)

Sujets

  • Social life and customs
  • FICTION / Contemporary Women
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Manners and customs
  • FICTION / Literary
  • Fiction

Lieux

  • Japan