There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job
Tsumura, Kikuko
product information
Condition: New, UPC: 9781635576917, Publication Date: Mon, March 1, 2021, Type: Paperback ,
join & start selling
description
Herman Melville's 'Bartleby, the Scrivener.'" -NPR

"A thought-provoking, drily funny critique of capitalism and the systems of self-worth that are built around it." -TIME, "Must-Read Books of the Year"

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.

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; 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. And when she finally discovers an alternative to the daily grind, it comes with a price.

This is the first time 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.

reviews

Be the first to write a review

member goods

No member items were found under this heading.

notems store

Heroic Measures

by Ciment, Jill

Paperback /Paperback

All the Light We Cannot ...

by Doerr, Anthony

Audio /Compact Disc

$16.99

What You Could Have Won

by Genn, Rachel

Paperback /Paperback

$11.96

Things Fall Apart

by Achebe, Chinua

Hardcover /Prebound

$19.31

listens & views

INTRODUCING

by ACES COMBO

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$11.99

TRANCE HEAVEN 3 / VARIOUS

by TRANCE HEAVEN 3 / VARIOUS

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$17.75

I LOVE YOU GO EASY

by SPROULE,DEVON

VINYL LP

out of stock

$20.99

PESTAPOKALYPSE VI (JPN)

by BELPHEGOR

COMPACT DISC

out of stock

$22.99

Return Policy

All sales are final

Shipping

No special shipping considerations available.
Shipping fees determined at checkout.
promoting relevance through notable postings ]
share it, buy it, sell it ]

A notem is a post that highlights an experience, idea, topic of interest, an event ... whatever a member believes worthy of discussion. Each notem becomes a pathway by which to make meaningful connections.

notems is a free, global social network that rewards members by the number and quality of notems they post.

notemote® © . Privacy Policy. Developed by Hartmann Software Group