Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #literature ‘Powerful

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but also how the Romans thought about themselves and their achievements

and a prescient forecast of what it actually turned into decades later

a film-star facing public disgrace

Charting twelve months of pathetic party politics

Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata #literature ‘Powerful'A gem of a book. Quirky, deadpan, poignant and quietly profound' Ruth Ozeki The unexpected international bestseller. Meet Keiko. She's 36 years old, has 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 A