Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata writing There I blow my nose

There I blow my nose and look in the mirror

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Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata writing There I blow my noseShortlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Longlisted for the Believer Book Award Longlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation A Los Angeles Times Bestseller 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