Literary
Convenience Store Woman
A woman in her thirties has worked at the same Tokyo convenience store for eighteen years and is content there. Her family and friends keep pressing her to get married and find a proper career.
- First published
- 2016
- Pace
- fast
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a short, deadpan novel that quietly questions what a normal life is supposed to be.
Skip this if you want a heart-warming makeover story, since the narrator does not change herself to please anyone.
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