書誌事項

There's no such thing as an easy job

Kikuko Tsumura ; translated from the Japanese by Polly Barton

Bloomsbury Pub., 2020

  • : tpb

タイトル別名

Konoyoni tayasui shigoto wa nai

この世にたやすい仕事はない

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内容説明

'Surreal and unsettling' OBSERVER CULTURAL HIGHLIGHT ‘Wise, comical and exceptionally relatable’ ZEBA TALKHANI ‘Quietly hilarious and deeply attuned to the uncanny rhythms and deadpan absurdity of the daily grind’ SHARLENE TEO A woman walks into an employment agency and requests a job that requires no reading, no writing – and ideally, very little thinking. She is sent to an 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 isn't so easy. 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...

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BC06818003
  • ISBN
    • 9781526622242
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 原本言語コード
    jpn
  • 出版地
    London
  • ページ数/冊数
    401 p.
  • 大きさ
    22 cm
  • 分類
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