
There's No Such Thing As An Easy Job
by Kikuko Tsumura
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ)
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (UK & ANZ)
Bloomsbury Publishing
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Description
Convenience Store Woman meets My Year of Rest and Relaxation in this strange, compelling, darkly funny tale of one woman’s search for meaning in the modern workplace
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, very little thinking.
She is sent to a nondescript office building where she is tasked with watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods. But observing someone for hours on end can be so inconvenient and tiresome. How will she stay awake? When can she take delivery of her favourite brand of tea? And, perhaps more importantly – how did she find herself in this situation in the first place?
As she moves from job to job, writing bus adverts for shops that mysteriously disappear, and composing advice for rice cracker wrappers that generate thousands of devoted followers, it becomes increasingly apparent that she’s not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful...
TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE BY POLLY BARTON
Advance Praise
'Read it before you burn out' Asahi Shimbun Weekly AERA, JAPAN
'The fantastical flavour of this book is one of its charms … This is a masterpiece of a book about the working world' Bunshun Toshokan, JAPAN
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EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781526622242 |
PRICE | £12.99 (GBP) |
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