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There's no such thing as an easy job / Kikuko Tsumura ; translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781635576917
- ISBN: 1635576911
- ISBN: 9781526622259
- ISBN: 1526622254
- ISBN: 9781526622242
- ISBN: 1526622246
- Physical Description: 401 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Japan by Nikkei Publishing Inc., Tokyo."--Title page verso "Copyright ©2015 by Kikuko Tsumura."--Title page verso In English, translated from the Japanese. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The surveillance job -- The bus advertising job -- The cracker packet job -- The postering job -- The easy job in the hut in the big forest. |
| Summary, etc.: | "A young woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that has the following traits: it is close to her home, and it requires no reading, no writing - and ideally, very little thinking. She is sent to a nondescript office building where she is tasked with watching the hidden-camera feed of an author suspected of storing contraband goods. But observing someone for hours on end can be so inconvenient and tiresome. How will she stay awake? When can she take delivery of her favourite brand of tea? And, perhaps more importantly--how did she find herself in this situation in the first place? As she moves from job to job, writing bus adverts for shops that mysteriously disappear, and composing advice for rice cracker wrappers that generate thousands of devoted followers, it becomes increasingly apparent that she's not searching for the easiest job at all, but something altogether more meaningful ..."-- Provided by publisher |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Young women > Japan > Fiction. Burn out (Psychology) > Fiction. Job hunting > Fiction. Job satisfaction > Fiction. Self-realization in women > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 6 of 6 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Babcock Library - Ashford. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 6 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babcock Library - Ashford | F Tsu (Text) | 33110148862723 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven | F TSUMURA (Text) | 31953145363126 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jonathan Trumbull Library - Lebanon | FIC TSU (Text) | 33430147649388 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Milford Public Library | TSUMURA Kikuko (Text) | 34013150232174 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | FIC TSUMURA, K (Text) | 34005150449873 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Thompson Public Library | Tsumura (Text) | 34038139072821 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
