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Convenience Store Woman: A Novel
Sayaka Murata • 2019
Shortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award<br/>Longlisted for the Believer Book Award<br/>Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation<br/>A Los Angeles Times Bestseller<br/><br/>The English-language debut of an exciting young voice in international fiction, selling 660,000 copies in Japan alone, Convenience Store Woman is a bewitching portrayal of contemporary Japan through the eyes of a single woman who fits into the rigidity of its work culture only too well.<br/><br/>The English-language debut of one of Japan’s most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,000 copies there, Convenience Store Woman is the heartwarming and surprising story of thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident Keiko Furukura. Keiko has never fit in, neither in her family, nor in school, but when at the age of eighteen she begins working at the Hiiromachi branch of “Smile Mart,” she finds peace and purpose in her life. In the store, unlike anywhere else, she understands the rules of social interaction—many are laid out line by line in the store’s manual—and she does her best to copy the dress, mannerisms, and speech of her colleagues, playing the part of a “normal” person excellently, more or less. Managers come and go, but Keiko stays at the store for eighteen years. It’s almost hard to tell where the store ends and she begins. Keiko is very happy, but the people close to her, from her family to her coworkers, increasingly pressure her to find a husband, and to start a proper career, prompting her to take desperate action…<br/><br/>A brilliant depiction of an unusual psyche and a world hidden from view, Convenience Store Woman is an ironic and sharp-eyed look at contemporary work culture and the pressures to conform, as well as a charming and completely fresh portrait of an unforgettable heroine.
Heaven
Mieko Kawakami • 2021
'Mieko Kawakami is a genius' - Naoise Dolan, author of Exciting Times<br/><br/>From the bestselling author of Breasts and Eggs and international literary sensation Mieko Kawakami, comes a sharp and illuminating novel about a fourteen-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying.<br/><br/>In Heaven, a fourteen-year old boy is tormented for having a lazy eye. Instead of resisting, he chooses to suffer in silence. The only person who understands what he is going through is a female classmate, Kojima, who experiences similar treatment at the hands of her bullies. Providing each other with immeasurable consolation at a time in their lives when they need it most, the two young friends grow closer than ever. But what, ultimately, is the nature of a friendship when your shared bond is terror?<br/><br/>Unflinching yet tender, sharply observed, intimate and multi-layered, this simple yet profound novel stands as yet another dazzling testament to Mieko Kawakami’s uncontainable talent. There can be little doubt that it has cemented her reputation as one of the most important young authors at work today.<br/><br/>'An expertly told, deeply unsettling tale of adolescent violence' - Vogue<br/><br/>Translated from the Japanese by David Boyd and Sam Bett.
La dependienta (Spanish Edition)
Sayaka Murata • 2019
Keiko Furukura tiene 36 años y está soltera. De hecho, nunca ha tenido pareja. Desde que abandonó a su tradicional familia para mudarse a Tokio, trabaja a tiempo parcial como dependienta de una konbini, un supermercado japonés abierto las 24 horas del día. Siempre ha sentido que no encajaba en la sociedad, pero en la tienda ha encontrado un mundo predecible, gobernado por un manual que dicta a los trabajadores cómo actuar y qué decir. Ha conseguido lograr esa normalidad que la sociedad le reclama: todos quieren ver a Keiko formar un hogar, seguir un camino convencional que la convierta, a sus ojos, en una adulta. Con esta visión hilarante de las expectativas de la sociedad hacia las mujeres solteras, Sayaka Murata se ha consagrado como la nueva voz de la literatura japonesa.
Conejo maldito
Bora Chung • 2023
Las diez historias que componen este libro plantean un escenario espeluznante en el que lo sobrenatural irrumpe en la vida cotidiana y se apodera del espacio doméstico. En el primer relato, una lámpara con forma de conejo trae la desgracia a toda persona que la posee. En otro, una mujer se ve atormentada a diario por una extraña criatura que surge del inodoro. Unas píldoras anticonceptivas que embarazan; un robot que despierta sentimientos en su creadora; reyes, princesas y monstruos, fantasmas, cicatrices y todo tipo de maldiciones llenan las páginas de esta colección de género inclasificable, a medio camino entre el realismo mágico y el terror; la ciencia ficción y la literatura del absurdo. La autora coreana Bora Chung utiliza elementos fantásticos y surrealistas para desgranar los efectos del patriarcado y el capitalismo en la sociedad moderna, más concretamente sobre las mujeres y su papel en el mundo actual. Valiéndose de lo ilógico y lo escalofriante, y recogiendo elementos de las leyendas tradicionales de Corea, estos relatos deslizan, a modo de fábula siniestra, una cruel enseñanza sobre la oscuridad de la naturaleza humana. Publicada por primera vez en castellano, Bora Chung se erige como una nueva voz de la narrativa fantástica que expande los límites de cualquier género con una personalidad arrolladora.
Earthlings
Sayaka Murata • 2020
La vegetariana
Han Kang • 2024
