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027383
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London, Granta, 2019.
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163pPink spine
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Keiko Furukura had always been considered a strange child, and her parents always worried how she would get on in the real world, so when she takes on a job in a convenience store while at university, they are delighted for her. For her part, in the convenience store she finds a predictable world mandated by the store manual, which dictates how the workers should act and what they should say, and she copies her coworkers' style of dress and speech patterns so that she can play the part of a normal person. However, eighteen years later, at age 36, she is still in the same job, has never had a boyfriend, and has only few friends. She feels comfortable in her life, but is aware that she is not living up to society's expectations and causing her family to worry about her. When a similarly alienated but cynical and bitter young man comes to work in the store, he will upset Keiko's contented stasis, but will it be for the better? Sayaka Murata brilliantly captures the atmosphere of the familiar convenience store that is so much part of life in Japan. With some laugh-out-loud moments prompted by the disconnect between Keiko's thoughts and those of the people around her, she provides a sharp look at Japanese society and the pressure to conform, as well as penetrating insights into the female mind. Convenience Store Woman is a fresh, charming portrait of an unforgettable heroine that recalls Banana Yoshimoto, Han Kang, and Amélie.
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9781846276842 Pb.
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| I02672 | 895.63/MUR | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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016793
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London, Granta, 2005.
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256pWhite Spine
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Granta
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Britain invented the factory -- Manchester was the world's first factory-city. Where are they now, and the world of work that went with them? The answer, mainly, is China. An issue devoted to how and where we made and make things.
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0903141752 Pb.
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| I00930 | 808.8/GRA | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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015233
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New Delhi, Granta, 1991.
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218pBlue spine
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Haroun and the Sea of Stories is an adventure novel, the story of a father and his son, Rashid and Haroun.
When Rashid loses his Gift of the Gab, his son is determined to return to his father his special gift. Along the way, we are introduced to characters like a mad bus driver Butt and a water genie named Iff. There are cities named Gup and Chup , and, most important of all, P2C2E.....
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9780140140439 Pb.
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017475
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London, Granta, 2013.
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828pWhite spine
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It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. Longlisted for the BAILEYS Women's Prize for Fiction 2014. Shortlisted for the Australian Book Industry Award for International Book of the Year 2014.
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9781847088765 Pb.
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| I01142 | 823.92/CAT | Main | On Shelf | General | |
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