Convenience Store Woman

Details

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Name

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Author

Sayaka Murata

Year

2016

Genre

Fiction · Absurdist

Key themes

Conformity, work, neurodivergence, small rebellions

Sports adjacent

Only if you count retail as an endurance sport, which honestly I do.

Bathtub commitment

One short, perfect soak; you’ll reheat the water just to linger.

My take

Quietly savage. Every time someone asks why you’re still in JP like it’s a phase, you will think of this book and smile too hard.

Best read during

Weeknight bath after clinic, when you’re too tired for plot twists but still want your soul poked.