I really enjoyed Sayaka Murata’s earlier book Convenience Store Woman. The collection of short stories in Life Ceremony continues down the quirky path set by Convenience Store Woman, but I feel like it jumped almost too far into an uncomfortable and awkward place, although I was left with the impression that this is an issue with me and that the author was being true to herself and her writing throughout. I’m really struggling to say … Read More “Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata” »
Author: Sayaka Murata
This has been on my TBR list for a while… I must have heard about it on one of the Facebook reading groups I frequent, and I’m glad I did. I just wish I had gotten to this one sooner. Translated from Japanese to English, this is the story of 36-year-old Keiko Furukura, who lives alone in Tokyo in a small studio apartment. From the time she was a young girl, much to the consternation … Read More “Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata” »