An Akutagawa award winning novel and Sayaka Murata’s 10th book, is a long-running bestseller in Japan and abroad. It’s a story of 36-year-old Keiko, unmarried, childless, who works in a convenience store – konbini. In this simple life she find even more the meaning of life. However, this way of living clashes with what the Japanese society considers normal, especially for women. Murata writes about our low tolerance to ways of living that differ from ours. It’s a thrilling read you will not be able to put away. Murata writes about our low tolerance to ways of living that differ from ours. It’s a thrilling read you will not be able to put away
The afterword for the Japanese version was written by Fuminori Nakamura.
The book is also available in Polish, translated by Dariusz Latoś, and in English, translated by Ginny Tapley Takemori.
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