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'Sayaka Murata’s recently translated novel Convenience Store Woman opens with a soundscape. The protagonist, Keiko, is alert to the subtle sounds of the shop in which she works, recognising a fridge door opening and a cold drink being removed as indicators that the customer is about to make their purchase.' (Introduction)
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Friday Essay : Do Readers Dream of Running a Bookshop? Books about Booksellers Are Having a Moment – the Reality Can Be Less Romantic
2023
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 December 2023;'My mother and I wanted to open a bookshop. We signed up for a CAE course, which was cancelled when the bookseller who ran it went out of business. I learnt this later because I went on to work in a bookshop and the book business is a small world.' (Introduction)
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Friday Essay : Do Readers Dream of Running a Bookshop? Books about Booksellers Are Having a Moment – the Reality Can Be Less Romantic
2023
single work
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 15 December 2023;'My mother and I wanted to open a bookshop. We signed up for a CAE course, which was cancelled when the bookseller who ran it went out of business. I learnt this later because I went on to work in a bookshop and the book business is a small world.' (Introduction)