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By the Book: Book Club October 2019 - Convenience Store Woman

Fong Min Hun, Lit Books

15-Oct-19 20:00

By the Book: Book Club October 2019 - Convenience Store Woman

This month, our book club loudly greets listeners with an 'Irasshaimase!', as we discuss Convenience Store Woman, Sayaka Murata's award-winning novel about a woman in her 30s who desires nothing more than to be a convenience store worker while living in a society that doesn't see any value in that position. After that, we discuss Japanese fiction and its specific tone and style.

Produced by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn, Sharmilla Ganesan


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Categories:  Film,  Literature

Tags:  books,  reading,  book club,  Convenience Store Woman,  Lit Books,  Japanese fiction,  Japanese books,  Japanese writers,  Sayaka Murata, 


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