The Dilemmas of Working Women (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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TRANSLATED BY BRIAN BERGSTROM


'An offbeat, bold and subversive portrait of contemporary womanhood, full of brilliantly unconventional characters' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working


Izumi needs to get a job.
Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer.
Kat¿ needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed.
Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him.
Sumie just needs somewhere to live.


'Here are people caught between loss and regeneration. The struggles of their forlorn hearts are depicted with a light, graceful touch. There will come a point in all of our lives when we will need Fumio Yamamoto's writing' Saou Ichikawa, author of the International Booker Prize-longlisted Hunchback


'Witty, wise and thought-provoking, these darkly comic stories portray five unique women as they deal with the societal pressures that come with being a woman in their world' Cecelia Ahern, bestselling author of P.S. I Love You


'What an engaging, witty and unique book. So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young As This