“The oddness requires a little time to settle” – Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

"Although her first to be published in the UK, Convenience Store Woman (originally titled Convenience Store People, interestingly, in Japan) is Murata's 10th book. It arrives on these shores having done very well for itself: over 600,000 copies sold to date and winner of the Akutagawa Prize. Murata's career received such a boost that she was subsequently named one of Vogue Japan's Women of the Year..."

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