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| Author | Sayaka Murata |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Nancy Wu[1] |
| Original title | コンビニ人間 (Konbini Ningen) |
| Translator | Ginny Tapley Takemori |
| Language | Japanese |
| Set in | Japan |
| Published | June 2016 in Bungakukai |
| Publisher | Bungeishunjū |
Publication date | 27 July 2016[2] |
| Publication place | Japan |
Published in English | 12 June 2018[3] |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 160[2] |
| Awards | 155th Akutagawa Prize (2016) |
| ISBN | 978-4-16-390618-8 [2] |
| 895.63/6 | |
| LC Class | PL873.U73 C6613 2018 |
Convenience Store Woman (Japanese: コンビニ人間, Hepburn: Konbini Ningen) is a 2016 novel by Japanese author Sayaka Murata. It captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store that is so much part of life in Japan. The novel won the Akutagawa Prize in 2016.[4] Aside from writing, Murata worked at a convenience store three times a week and drew the inspiration for the novel from her experiences. It was first published in the June 2016 issue of Bungakukai[5] and later as a book in July 2016 by Bungeishunjū.
The novel has sold over 1.5 million copies in Japan[6] and is the first of Murata's novels to be translated into English.[7] The translation, by Ginny Tapley Takemori, was released by Grove Press (US) and Portobello Books (UK) in 2018.[8] The book has further been translated into more than thirty languages.[6]
- ^ "Convenience Store Woman (Audiobook)". Audible. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "『コンビニ人間』村田沙耶香". Bungeishunjū. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ "Convenience Store Woman". Grove Atlantic. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
- ^ Kikuchi, Daisuke (20 July 2016). "Convenience store worker who moonlights as an author wins prestigious Akutagawa Prize". The Japan Times. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "【芥川賞会見】「コンビニ人間」で受賞した村田沙耶香さん「コンビニへの愛情を形にできた」". Sankei Shimbun (in Japanese). 20 July 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ a b Tagholm, Roger (31 January 2019). "Granta buys new Sayaka Murata novel". The Bookseller. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ Rich, Motoko (11 June 2018). "For Japanese Novelist Sayaka Murata, Odd Is the New Normal". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 December 2019.
- ^ Freeman, John (16 November 2017). "In Praise of Sayaka Murata". Literary Hub. Retrieved 17 February 2021.