Convenience Store Woman

Name: Convenience Store Woman
Brand: Grove Atlantic
SKU: 01002353

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1007487Convenience Store Womanhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/convenience-store-woman-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1070065/b51a6052-79de-4e94-942d-9ff6245f1da0.jpg?v=638337311592900000238310MXNGrove AtlanticInStock/Ebooks/Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the Believer Book Award Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation A Los Angeles Times BestsellerThe English-language debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling 660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only too well.The English-language debut of one of Japans most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of Smile Mart, she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interactionmany are laid out line by line in the stores manualand she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a normal person excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. Its almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate actionA brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine....1002353Convenience Store Woman238310https://www.gandhi.com.mx/convenience-store-woman-5/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/1070065/b51a6052-79de-4e94-942d-9ff6245f1da0.jpg?v=638337311592900000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20189780802165800_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_Murata has been a huge runaway bestseller in Japan, one of the highest selling literary novels of recent years, selling 660,000 hardcovers to date. Convenience Store Woman won Japans most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Rights have been sold in nine territories so far; Grove conducted a four-way auction for UK & Commonwealth rights, selling to Granta Books, the UK publisher of The Vegetarian, which is a good comp title. There is already a lot of buzz behind this book and author.Reminiscent of the work of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, Convenience Store Woman follows a young woman who adores her dead-end job at a convenience store in Tokyo and doesnt understand the concern of her friends and relatives who want her to settle down. Convenience Store Woman is both wry social novel and sensitive portrait, a heartfelt and brilliantly written novel.We hope to follow the trajectory of an author like Han Kang and think that this book has the potential to win a big readership as well as the literary clout to be awarded major international prizes.Murata has a building international profile and was recently selected as one of Freemans The Future of New Writing authors. Muratas short fiction has been published by magazines including Granta, who featured her in their Japan issue but this is her English-language debut and we hope for significant press and great bookseller support.The author herself worked at a convenience store in Japan and despite her huge success as a writer still finds the time to do the occasional shift at her store. She is an ideal subject for journalist profiles.A Japanese film adaptation of the novel is underway and there has been interest in the book from American film studios.(*_*)9780802165800_Murata has been a huge runaway bestseller in Japan, one of the highest selling literary novels of recent years, selling 660,000 hardcovers to date. Convenience Store Woman won Japans most prestigious literary prize, the Akutagawa Prize. Rights have been sold in nine territories so far; Grove conducted a four-way auction for UK & Commonwealth rights, selling to Granta Books, the UK publisher of The Vegetarian, which is a good comp title. There is already a lot of buzz behind this book and author.Reminiscent of the work of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto, Convenience Store Woman follows a young woman who adores her dead-end job at a convenience store in Tokyo and doesnt understand the concern of her friends and relatives who want her to settle down. Convenience Store Woman is both wry social novel and sensitive portrait, a heartfelt and brilliantly written novel.We hope to follow the trajectory of an author like Han Kang and think that this book has the potential to win a big readership as well as the literary clout to be awarded major international prizes.Murata has a building international profile and was recently selected as one of Freemans The Future of New Writing authors. Muratas short fiction has been published by magazines including Granta, who featured her in their Japan issue but this is her English-language debut and we hope for significant press and great bookseller support.The author herself worked at a convenience store in Japan and despite her huge success as a writer still finds the time to do the occasional shift at her store. She is an ideal subject for journalist profiles.A Japanese film adaptation of the novel is underway and there has been interest in the book from American film studios....(*_*)9780802165800_Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the Believer Book Award Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation A Los Angeles Times BestsellerThe English-language debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling 660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only too well.The English-language debut of one of Japans most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of Smile Mart, she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interactionmany are laid out line by line in the stores manualand she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a normal person excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. Its almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate actionA brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine....9780802165800_Grove Atlanticlibro_electonico_93b093b8-6a5a-3723-b975-c477c242ebc2_9780802165800;9780802165800_9780802165800Sayaka MurataInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/ingram50-epub-808d3fec-4ae3-4f3f-9419-e960eb433ae3.epub2018-06-12T00:00:00+00:00Grove Atlantic