コンビニ人間

aka Konbini Ningen

Convenience Store Woman

Author

Sayaka Murata

Language

Japanese

Year

2016

Country

Japan

Genre

Novel

east asiamodern japan

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Convenience Store Woman is a 2016 novel by Japanese author Sayaka Murata. It won the Akutagawa Prize in 2016. 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 and later as a book in July 2016 by Bungeishunjū.