{"product_id":"book-oa51","title":"Convenience Store Woman","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An exhilaratingly weird and funny Japanese novel about a long-term convenience store employee. Unsettling and totally unpredictable—my copy is now heavily underlined.” —Sally Rooney, \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelling over a million copies in Japan and named a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications, \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman \u003c\/i\u003eis both delightfully strange and oddly heartwarming. Keiko Furukura is thirty-six, and she has been happily working at a Tokyo “Smile Mart” for eighteen years, fitting in by copying her colleagues’ dress and mannerisms, playing the part of a “normal person” excellently—more or less. But her packaged idyll is threatened by mounting pressure to find a husband and a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action to protect her peaceful world. Charming and unforgettable, \u003ci\u003eConvenience Store Woman \u003c\/i\u003eis an international sensation by a brilliant writer whose work is finally being recognized outside of her native country.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49886876303664,"sku":"BDoa51","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/743960-oa51-Square.jpg?v=1749768631","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-oa51","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}