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082	1		_aFIC MUR _2
100	1		_aMurata, Sayaka
245	1	0	_aConvenience Store Woman _c/ Sayaka Murata
260			_aNew York _b: Grove Press _c, 2018
300			_a163 p. _c; 19 cm
520			_aKeiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they are delighted for her. For her part, in the convenience store she finds a predictable world mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say, and she copies her coworkers' style of dress and speech patterns so that she can play the part of a normal person. However, eighteen years later, at age 36, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only few friends. She feels comfortable in her life, but is aware that she is not living up to society's expectations and causing her family to worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the store, he will upset Keiko's contented stasis--but will it be for the better.
546			_aTranslated from the Japanese to English
650		4	_aClerks (Retail trade) _x-Fiction
650		4	_aMan-woman relationships _v--Fiction
651		4	_aJapan _x-Social life and customs _v--Fiction
700	1		_aTakemori, ginny Tapley
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