In English
Akutagawa 2016 (first half) · Winner
Convenience Store Woman
コンビニ人間 · Konbini ningen
Sayaka Murata · 37 when first published
Novel · 163 pages · Satire
AI-generated summary:Keiko Furukura, thirty-six, single and never in a relationship, has worked part-time at the same convenience store for eighteen years and only feels she fits into the world as a clerk, until a new hire, Shiraha, tells her such a life is shameful.