For literary refreshment, try the playful, artful Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata -- Best Summer Books * Observer * Exhilaratingly weird and funny ... Unsettling and totally unpredictable - my copy is now heavily underlined -- Sally Rooney * Guardian * A sure-fire hit of the summer... quirky and profound * Irish Times * Fascinating... universally familiar * Guardian * [ A] short, deadpan gem... This is a true original -- Stephanie Cross * Daily Mail * A new book from an incredible woman... from this dark and delightful [ novel] springs a feminist rallying cry: trust yourself * Emerald Street * Murata's fascinating Convenience Store Woman, a tale about a happy misfit that's equal parts wily and disquieting -- Best Summer Books selected by Lisa McInerney * Irish Times * I picked up this novel on a trip to Japan and couldn't put it down. A haunting, dark, and often hilarious take on society's expectations of the single woman. As an extra bonus, it totally transformed my experience of going to convenience stores in Tokyo -- Elif Batuman, author * The Idiot * A darkly comic novel -- 'Best Summer Books selected by Viet Thanh Nguyen * Observer * Poignant, darkly comic and wonderfully uplifting, this novel will resonate with anyone who has ever felt out of kilter with the world around them -- Summer Reads * Herald * This novel made me laugh. It was the first time for me to laugh in this way: it was absurd, comical, cute... audacious, and precise. It was overwhelming -- Hiromi Kawakami, author * Strange Weather in Tokyo * Convenience Store Woman is a gem of a book. Quirky, deadpan, poignant, and quietly profound, it is a gift to anyone who has ever felt at odds with the world - and if we were truly being honest, I suspect that would be most of 'us' -- Ruth Ozeki, author * A Tale for the Time Being * An offbeat, tongue-in-cheek read... a tale of finding one's own path to happiness -- Laura Waddell * Skinny * The compelling English-language debut from Sayaka Murata ... enthralling -- Elsbeth Lindner * Book Oxygen * When the protagonist [ of Convenience Store Woman], a social outcast, is placed within the box of the artificially normalized convenience store, we begin to vividly see the strangeness of the people in the world outside -- Yoko Ogawa, author * The Housekeeper and the Professor * Witty, wily, and astonishingly sharp, Convenience Store Woman proves that the deepest gouges can come from the lightest touch -- Lisa McInerney What a weird and wonderful and deeply satisfying book this is. Sayaka Murata is an utterly unique and revolutionary voice. I tore through Convenience Store Woman with great delight -- Jami Attenberg, author * The Middlesteins * I was really amazed by Convenience Store Woman and the particular reality it exquisitely portrays... I am sincerely delighted that such a novel has come into being -- Ryu Murakami, author * In The Miso Soup * Convenience Store Woman is snarky and tender. It shows a woman trying to puzzle out how to be normal. This brilliant book will resonate with all of us who find life a little strange -- Rowan Hisayo Buchanen, author * Harmless Like You * Adorable! * Before Brunch * Quirky, funny and beautifully observed * Daily Mail * I love it...Everyone has time to read this book! * The Gloss * It's rare to find a relatively static narrative evoke such an intense atmosphere * Cherwell Online * A short yet exciting read * Bath Magazine * [ Keiko's] story will resonate with readers who wish they could be content in their own little worlds * Sun *
