![]() ![]() That day, I actually became a normal cog in society. At that moment, for the first time ever, I felt I’d become a part in the machine of society. Her world revolves around the convenience store, and she thinks of it even when she is not at work. There is a structure in her daily routine, which she finds comforting. ![]() She has spent 18 years of her life at the same place–greeting customers, stocking shelves and managing the cash register. Keiko, who has always felt out of place in society, is ‘at home’ in the ‘Hirmoachi Station Smile Mart’–a convenience store in Tokyo. Inspired by her own experiences as a part-time convenience store employee, Murata has penned this story of a 36-year-old single Japanese woman, Keiko Furukara, a ‘misfit.’ This is the first of her works to be translated into English. Convenience Store Woman is a refreshing story by Japanese novelist Sayaka Murata. ![]()
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