3.8
Romans literatuur
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig—watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods—turns out to be inconvenient. (When can she go to the bathroom?) Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job—writing trivia for rice cracker packages and punching entry tickets to a purportedly haunted public park—it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful. But when she finally discovers an alternative to the daily grind, it comes with a price. This is the first time work by Kikuko Tsumura—winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award—has been translated into English. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job is as witty as it is unsettling—a jolting look at the maladies of late capitalist life through the unique and fascinating lens of modern Japanese culture.
© 2021 Dreamscape Media (Luisterboek): 9781666546132
Vertaling: Polly Barton
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 april 2021
3.8
Romans literatuur
A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it’s close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing, and, ideally, very little thinking. Her first gig—watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods—turns out to be inconvenient. (When can she go to the bathroom?) Her next gives way to the supernatural: announcing advertisements for shops that mysteriously disappear. As she moves from job to job—writing trivia for rice cracker packages and punching entry tickets to a purportedly haunted public park—it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all but something altogether more meaningful. But when she finally discovers an alternative to the daily grind, it comes with a price. This is the first time work by Kikuko Tsumura—winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award—has been translated into English. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job is as witty as it is unsettling—a jolting look at the maladies of late capitalist life through the unique and fascinating lens of modern Japanese culture.
© 2021 Dreamscape Media (Luisterboek): 9781666546132
Vertaling: Polly Barton
Publicatiedatum
Luisterboek: 15 april 2021
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Caroline
10 mrt 2022
I really loved this story. Well written ran narrated. Wish more books from this author were translated into English
Majo
18 dec 2023
Heerlijk verhaal, goed voorgelezen.
Melanie
3 sep 2022
Een klein cadeautje.
Tessa
5 mei 2023
Beste boek dat ik in tijden heb gelezen. Aangrijpend in haar subtiliteit. Ik blijf de beelden en sfeer bij me dragen.
C
14 aug 2023
Different. I found the writing style, subject and story highly entertaining. Very well narrated.
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