Granta Books, 2 May 2019

 
Pb, 276 pp
 
 
Keiko is 36 years old. She's 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...  *Convenience Store Woman comes in three different colours; the colour you receive will be chosen at random*
 
 
'Exhilaratingly weird and funny ... Unsettling and totally unpredictable - my copy is now heavily underlined'--Sally Rooney,Guardian

'For literary refreshment, try the playful, artful Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata'--Observer

'from this dark and delightful [novel] springs a feminist rallying cry: trust yourself'--Emerald Street

'Murata's fascinating Convenience Store Woman, a tale about a happy misfit that's equal parts wily and disquieting'--'Best Summer Books' selected by Lisa McInerney, Irish Times

'I picked up this novel on a trip to Japan and couldn't put it down. A haunting, dark, and often hilarious take on society's expectations of the single woman. As an extra bonus, it totally transformed my experience of going to convenience stores in Tokyo'--Elif Bautman, author of The Idiot

'A darkly comic novel'--'Best Summer Books', Observer

'Poignant, darkly comic and wonderfully uplifting, this novel will resonate with anyone who has ever felt out of kilter with the world around them'--'Summer Reads',Herald

'This novel made me laugh. It was the first time for me to laugh in this way: it was absurd, comical, cute... audacious, and precise. It was overwhelming'--Hiromi Kawakami, author of Strange Weather in Tokyo