I loved your take on Convenience Store Woman. I thought it about for weeks after I read it and now I want to read it again along with her subsequent books. I thought of the lead characters a woman who might be on the spectrum. I realize now that if the was, it doesn't matter .My take was simply the result of trying to make sense of her reactions and choices even as I cheered her on. It said more about me than her. I look forward to going back to this book and this author s voice.
I love how you write about this amazing novel. The way Keiko finds refuge in the convenience store, the world within a world with its own soothing rhythms and customs is fascinating. In Japanese towns and cities you're never far away from a 'combini' as convenience stores are known. I live just yards away from one. Somehow, their lack of personality of individuality is their charm. There are no jagged edges of unexpected sights or sounds. They feel like a balm for our minds troubled by all the randomness out there. I won't say they are like temples or churches, but at times they almost seem to serve their purpose.
I'm looking forward to reading Murato's book! Your description harkens to what it has felt like to be covid cautious going on my fifth year. I observe other's lives going on as if it's 2019, but something is off, even in the back-to-normals. I think everyone knows it, on some level.
Thanks for restacking!
I loved your take on Convenience Store Woman. I thought it about for weeks after I read it and now I want to read it again along with her subsequent books. I thought of the lead characters a woman who might be on the spectrum. I realize now that if the was, it doesn't matter .My take was simply the result of trying to make sense of her reactions and choices even as I cheered her on. It said more about me than her. I look forward to going back to this book and this author s voice.
I love how you write about this amazing novel. The way Keiko finds refuge in the convenience store, the world within a world with its own soothing rhythms and customs is fascinating. In Japanese towns and cities you're never far away from a 'combini' as convenience stores are known. I live just yards away from one. Somehow, their lack of personality of individuality is their charm. There are no jagged edges of unexpected sights or sounds. They feel like a balm for our minds troubled by all the randomness out there. I won't say they are like temples or churches, but at times they almost seem to serve their purpose.
I'm looking forward to reading Murato's book! Your description harkens to what it has felt like to be covid cautious going on my fifth year. I observe other's lives going on as if it's 2019, but something is off, even in the back-to-normals. I think everyone knows it, on some level.
Thanks for writing about Convenience Store Woman. If I saw it on a shelf, I would slide on past.
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I loved this book, thank you for writing about it so I could think about it again! EARTHLINGS is also astonishing.
TY for introducing Sayaka Murato, love this weird tale